Present this Sunday at a press conference in Rotterdam, a tournament to which he is invited in the same way as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Andy Murray made a rather important announcement for his season even if it is not that surprising. Indeed, the Scottish champion declared that he should not play on clay this season in order to best preserve himself for the grass and especially Wimbledon.
“At the moment, I don’t plan to play on clay this season. In the past two years, clay has compounded the problems; last year i had some issues at the start of the year clay didn’t help so i told my team about it and this year as long as i feel good and healthy, I don’t want to take that risk. It’s not that I wouldn’t potentially play clay in the future. Last year I almost missed Wimbledon, I was close to not playing the season on grass, I don’t plan to play on clay. I will still try to compete a bit during this period, I’m not going to do nothing, that’s my plan for now. I had a very busy end of the year and the next two months I will not take any risks and I hope to have a good preparation for the grass season.”, said the one who, let us remember, has been playing with a metal hip prosthesis since 2019.
Posted on Sunday, February 6, 2022 at 2:50 PM
