January 11, 2019: Murray breaks down in tears as he reveals he plans to end his career at Wimbledon.
January 14, 2019: He suffers an epic five-set defeat on what is potentially his Australian Open farewell, falling to Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut in the first round.
January 14, 2019: In his press conference Murray says he wants “to keep playing tennis” and will consider his options before deciding whether he undergoes further surgery on his hip.
January 29, 2019: Murray confirms he has undergone hip resurfacing surgery and says he hopes that will be the end of his hip pain.
June 3, 2019: He announces plans to return by competing in doubles at the Queen’s Club tournament. Murray says he is “pain-free for a few months now” and made “good progress” in practice. He calls a doubles appearance with Feliciano Lopez “the next step for me as I try to return to the tour.”
June 20, 2019: The pair enjoy a fairy-tale week and win the title.
July 6, 2019: Murray plays men’s doubles at Wimbledon with Pierre-Hugues Herbert, with the pair losing in the second round.
July 10, 2019: Murray’s hopes of winning the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon with Serena Williams ends with a 6-3 4-6 6-2 defeat against Bruno Soares and Nicole Melichar,
August 12, 2019: Loses on his singles comeback 6-4 6-4 to Richard Gasquet in the Western & Southern Open first round.
September 24, 2019: Murray wins a tour-level singles match for the first time since January, beating Tennys Sandgren at the Zhuhai Championships in China.
October 20, 2019: Murray is a title winner again, beating Wawrinka 3-6 6-4 6-4 after a stunning comeback win at the European Open in Antwerp.
November 20, 2019: Wins his only match at the Davis Cup finals, 6-7 (9-11) 6-4 7-6 (7-5) against Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor as Britain win the tie 2-1, but suffers an injury connected to his hip surgery.
December 28, 2019: Murray pulls out of the Australian Open and ATP Cup due to injury.
January 16, 2020: Announces he will also miss tournaments in Montpellier and Rotterdam.
February 25, 2020: Reveals he may need further surgery on his latest injury.
August, 2020: Reaches the last 16 on his comeback at the ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati, with wins over Frances Tiafoe and world No 7 Alexander Zverev before a straight-sets loss to Milos Raonic.
September, 2020: Suffers a second-round loss to Felix Auger-Aliassime at the US Open then a chastening straight-sets defeat to Wawrinka in the French Open first round.
October 13, 2020: Defeat to Verdasco in Cologne is Murray’s last match action.
December 31, 2020: Pulls out of Delray Beach Open as a precaution due to COVID-19 infection rates.
January 14, 2021: Australian Open organisers announce Murray will not join the charter flights taking players to the tournament after testing positive for coronavirus.
January 22, 2021: Murray withdraws from the Australian Open.
March 23, 2021: He suffers another injury setback after withdrawing from the Miami Open with a left groin injury which keeps him out of the French Open.
Scot admits he’s one ‘big injury’ away from tennis retirement after playing 45 singles matches and reaching finals in Stuttgart and Sydney ahead of 2023 season.
August 11, 2023: Murray is forced to retire from the Cincinnati Open due to an abdominal injury.
November 18, 2023: He withdraws from the Davis Cup and ends his season after suffering a shoulder injury in training.
He wins just two matches in his final five events, culminating in a shoulder injury, illness and a bruised knee before revealing that 2024 could be the final one of his glittering career.
March 25, 2024: Murray reveals in February – during the Dubai Open – his intention to retire this year, which followed a string of first-round exits, but Murray managed to improve his form before suffering a serious ankle injury during his defeat to Tomas Machac at the Miami Open.
The 36-year-old confirmed the severity of his injury with both his Anterior Talo-Fubular ligament (ATFL) and Calcaneofibular ligament (CFL) ruptured.
“Goes without saying this is a tough one to take and I’ll be out for an
extended period. But I’ll be back with one hip and no ankle ligaments when the time is right,” he said.
Source : Sky Sports
