Is Andy Murray playing Wimbledon? British star to make final call Monday evening

Murray is nearing retirement from tennis is hoping to make a final appearance at Wimbledon – despite injury problems threatening to derail his farewell plans – admitting on Saturday that he still can’t ‘move properly’.

The 37-year-old British legend, a two-time Wimbledon champion, doesn’t have long left in the sport and has spoken openly about hanging up his racket in 2024.

Plans for an emotional goodbye at this year’s Championships were thrown into chaos, though, when Murray picked up a back injury at Queen’s Club on June 19.

Murray required an operation on a spinal cyst in his back and has been in a race against time to get himself fully fit for Wimbledon 2024 – which starts on Monday.

Many fans wish to know if Murray will feature in the Wimbledon men’s singles and men’s doubles this year – here is everything we know about his injury so far.

Andy Murray confirms he will make final call Monday evening

Andy Murray, speaking in his press conference on Sunday, said that he will make a decision on Monday evening as to whether he will play Wimbledon 2024.

He is training with stitches in his back and will practice again Monday daytime.

Murray also said he has no plans to come back next year and that he wants to feel the buzz of Centre Court and have the opportunity to play Wimbledon one more time.

What did Andy Murray say in his press conference on Sunday?

‘Yeah, I mean, it’s been obviously a tough 10 days or so since Queen’s,’ Andy Murray said. ‘Obviously had, yeah, the operation on the back, which it wasn’t insignificant.

‘Yeah, just been trying to do everything that I can to try and get ready to start the tournament here. I don’t know if that’s going to be enough. I’ve been practicing for the last few days. I played a set today.

‘It went pretty well, but I still don’t have 100 per cent sort of feeling and sensation in my leg yet. It’s getting better every single day. Like I said a few days ago, I want to give it every single chance that I can to get there.

‘I’m going to play another set again tomorrow. I’m doing some physical testing in the morning to see sort of how far off I am from a physical perspective. Then I will probably make a decision tomorrow evening after that.

‘I have no back pain, which is obviously really good. But the nature of the problem that I had was, yeah, I had quite a large cyst, which was squashing, compressing my nerves, which then obviously lost not all but a lot of control in my right leg. That is getting better.

‘But it’s kind of like if you sleep on your arm funny, you wake up and you’ve got a dead arm. It’s kind of like that feeling. But it goes on for a lot longer because the nerve has been kind of squashed and a little bit damaged for a number of days.

‘How long that takes to regain its full sort of function again is impossible to say. For some people it takes months; for some people it’s weeks.

‘So, yeah, I don’t know exactly how long it’s going to take. But all of the work that we’re doing, the testing we’re doing, is improving every single day with the training and the practicing. It’s not like I’m playing tennis and it’s taking a step backwards.

‘It’s been getting better everyday. I’m hopeful that that continues and it’s going to be enough to be on the court on Tuesday.

‘I might get the exact terminology wrong, but I had a decompression of spinal stenosis in my back, which is not just an issue with the cyst as such, but the cyst is what was causing the issues with my leg, pressing on the nerve.

‘The cyst got removed. I still have stitches in my back now. Yeah, the actual area where I had the operation is not sore. It’s the leg and the function of my leg that will determine whether or not I’m able to play, yeah.

‘Each day it becomes more and more likely that I’ll be able to play properly. Obviously with doubles, although you’re covering less distance and less court, you still need to be able to move pretty explosively.

‘Yeah, if I keep progressing like I have been for the next three, four days, before the doubles starts, then… I played a set today against a good player. Was playing well. Hitting the ball well. Did absolutely fine. I’m hoping that, yeah, with each day that passes that the likelihood of me being able to play will increase.

‘Yeah, I mean, it’s impossible for me to say because I also want to go out there, like I said, and be able to play to a level that I’m happy with. I don’t want to be in a situation like at Queen’s. I don’t want to go on the court and, yeah, it to be awkward or not be able to at least be competitive.

‘Yeah, I mean, I spoke to my brother about that. I’ve obviously spoken to my team about that. We’re all aware of the situation. So, yeah…

‘I mean, from discussions that I’ve had with my surgeon and the medical experts that are around me, the biggest risk is sort of from the wound perspective, sort of a reopening of the wound.

‘My spine is strong and stable. The inflammation is coming down every single day. There’s been minimal disruption to the muscles and everything. Yeah, the issue would be if the wound, which is extremely small, it was a keyhole operation, if that was to reopen, I would then have to go and have that sorted.

‘But I’m okay with that, with that risk. If I was worried about doing more damage to my spine or something like that, yeah, that would be very different. But I’m okay with a few stitches coming loose or whatever. And what am I looking to get from it? Well, the opportunity to play here again.

‘I mean, for the last time, yeah, that’s kind of it. Like, this is a place that’s obviously been really good to me over the years.

‘Yeah, I guess the last few years you’ve had, I don’t know, like Serena finished playing, Roger finished playing, and Rafa obviously has spoken a lot recently about the struggles he’s gone through. Yeah, everyone has their idea of how they want to finish their career, how they would want it to go.

My idea of that would be, I probably would have seen that happening probably at Wimbledon. Obviously I have the Olympics coming up. But, yeah, I would love the opportunity to play here one more time. Yeah, that’s what I’m looking to get out of it. Whether afterwards I feel like that’s the right thing to do, it was the right thing to do or not, I don’t know. But right now I feel like I want that opportunity.