Holder of a Master’s degree in sports journalism, I fell in love with tennis since childhood and have always loved reading the great stories of this sport. Today, I want to tell them about them, take full advantage of my passion and be as close as possible to the aces of the circuit.
Immense champion of the circuit, Andy Murray has long been associated with Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic to form the Big 4. The Scotsman will forever remain the one who led to the domination of this trio by reaching the first world place in 2016 after years of effort and 3 Grand Slam titles. The problem: he gave so much that he immediately felt the effects afterwards, he injured his hip and had to have surgery. Since then, he has sometimes experienced very difficult periods, such as currently, since he has had one series of defeats.
Almost 37 years old, Andy Murray continues to pace the circuit ATP in the hope of playing for fun without necessarily worrying about the results. More physically capable of holding out for the duration of a tournament generally, the Scot is still ranked 49th in the world this week but the dynamic is not good. Present at Marseillehe recorded a sixth defeat in a row on the circuit, including 4 to start 2024, an unprecedented series for him.
Confidence difficult to regain
When the physique is not at its best, sometimes you have to rely on confidence to perform. Except that for Andy Murray, confidence is almost at a standstill at the moment. Unable to win, the Scot plunged into a terrible crisis of results for him. “When you can’t win, you also lose confidence, and I’ve never experienced that in my career. Before, when I lost early in a tournament, I usually managed to do better the following week. Now I lose more often, and I don’t have the experience for that. And there are also matches like last week (in Montpellier against Benoît Paire) where it was not easy,” he confided in comments reported by We Love Tennis.
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“I continue because I love the game”
The bad luck ofAndy Murray is inevitably starting to get talked about on the other side of the Channel since a recent article wondered if it was worth continuing to play. The Scotsman did not appreciate the news at all and made it known very quickly. “I didn’t scream at my phone when I read this article, but I was mostly disappointed. People who know my career know how difficult it can be to accomplish what I did after my hip problem. The easiest thing for me would have been to stop my career. But I continue because I love the game. I love training. At the moment, for sure, it’s not easy in competition. But what’s happening right now doesn’t affect my career in any way. No string of defeats will change what I accomplished when I was fit, and with two hips. That’s why I was disappointed. I have known the person who wrote this article for a long time,” he replied.
Farewells soon?
Andy Murray has already mentioned the end of his career on several occasions, he even announced it in tears at theAustralian Open in 2019. By showing his exceptional combativeness over all these years, the Scot proves that he is a huge champion and nothing can take away the results obtained previously. It is not this series of defeats that we will remember from Murray’s career…
2024-02-09 17:59:25
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