'Definitely a possibility' – Andy Murray drops retirement hint after emotional first round exit at Australian Open | 379S4Y6 | 2024-01-21 16:08:01
Andy Murray has strongly recommended he has performed his last Australian Open after his first-round elimination in Melbourne on Monday.
The former world no1 crashed out in straight sets against 30th seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry, falling at the first hurdle after an underwhelming show.
36-year-old Murray, who has reached the ultimate of the primary grand slam of the yr on five events, is and not using a win in 2024 and steered before the event started that this could possibly be his last season earlier than retirement.
After his defeat, Murray appeared to wave goodbye to those in attendance on the Kia Area earlier than making his method back to the locker room. In a post-match press convention, the Briton admitted it was a 'robust strategy to finish' what might have been his last ever Australian Open match.
'It's undoubtedly a risk that's the final time I play right here,' Murray stated. 'In all probability due to how the match went.
'While you play the match, you try to control your emotions and concentrate on the factors, then if you're some extent away from the top you're like, "I can't consider that is over so shortly".
'Compared to the matches last yr, it was the exact opposite feeling walking off the courtroom. It was a troublesome solution to end.'
Murray confirmed he has already spoken to his family and his group over when he does finally retire and whereas no 'particular' selections have been made, he believes the day is coming.
'I've an concept once I want to finish enjoying. But a lot of that will depend on the way you're enjoying. The time-frame for that narrows once you play and have results like at this time,' he stated.
'It's the character of the performances that make you query issues. I haven't gained in belief from at this time match that I'm going to start out enjoying rather well once more or start profitable tournaments or latter levels of major events.
'Final yr was a unique story but it's a totally different state of affairs sitting right here so the time-frame narrows a bit for me getting to where I need to be.'
After such a 'flat' performance, Murray was left to question whether he will ever be capable of uncover one thing resembling his greatest type.
'I do know what good tennis is. In the last week, 10 days I understand how good I've played towards the perfect players on the planet.
'But on the match courtroom, it's not there. I've been telling myself that at some stage will probably be when you've gotten performances like at present or a batch of outcomes over a time period, it's robust to keep believing in that.'
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On his performance on Monday, he added: 'Not a lot went proper. I had perhaps a small probability in center of first set. However it was a poor efficiency. Very, very flat.
'It was a tremendous crowd on the market, I felt they have been making an attempt to select me up and help me and often I might all the time interact with that and get them going and convey some power however it was only a really flat performance.
'I don't know exactly why that was the case. I was feeling good moving into. I simply don't know.'
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