Andy Murray has forged doubt on whether or not he’ll return to Wimbledon subsequent 12 months after his five-set defeat to fifth seed Stefanos Tsitspias within the second spherical.
The Scot stated he would not “plan to stop” however admitted Friday’s defeat “will take a little while to get over”.
“Motivation is obviously a big thing. Continuing having early losses in tournaments like this don’t necessarily help with that,” Murray stated throughout his press convention.
“It’s similar to, I guess, last year. I had a long think about things, spoke to my family, decided to keep on going.
“I do not plan to cease proper now. But this one will take a short while to recover from. Hopefully [I’ll] discover the motivation once more to maintain coaching, preserve pushing, attempt to preserve getting higher.”
Murray had skipped the French Open to organize for his fifteenth Wimbledon. He received the match in 2013 and 2016.
The 36-year-old was two units to at least one up on Thursday night time when play was stopped because of the 11pm curfew.
But the Greek participant fought again to win 7-6 (7-3) 6-7 (2-7) 4-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-4.
Tsitspias paid tribute to Murray, saying: “It’s by no means simple towards Andy. It was a really tough sport, I’m very impressed with the way in which he holds up having been so a few years on the tour, having had two hip surgical procedures.
“I was very impressed with his level and I wish him the best.”
He added: “I looked up to him, Novak [Djokovic], Roger [Federer], and Rafa [Nadal]. These four guys shaped the game, and they’re the reason I’m the player I am today.”
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British primary Cameron Norrie additionally misplaced his second-round match to American participant Christopher Eubanks.
Norrie, seeded thirteenth on the planet and a semi-finalist at Wimbledon final 12 months, misplaced to the world quantity 43 in a 6-3 3-6 6-2 7-6 (7-3) defeat.
Liam Broady, the British quantity 5 seed, was overwhelmed within the third spherical by Canadian Denis Shapovalov, leaving Katie Boulter because the final British participant standing within the singles draw.
She performs defending Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina for a spot within the fourth spherical scheduled for Centre Court on Saturday.
Source: information.sky.com”