{"id":17707,"date":"2024-01-30T23:59:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T04:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/andy-murray-fires-back-after-legacy-questioned-i-wont-quit\/30\/01\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-01-30T23:59:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T04:59:29","slug":"andy-murray-fires-back-after-legacy-questioned-i-wont-quit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/andy-murray-fires-back-after-legacy-questioned-i-wont-quit\/30\/01\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Murray fires back after legacy questioned: &#8216;I won&#8217;t quit&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Three-times Grand Slam champion <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Andy Murray<\/a> hit back at suggestions he could &#8220;damage his legacy&#8221; if he continues his career after the 36-year-old Scot suffered a third straight first-round exit to start the season.<\/p>\n<p>Murray breathed new life into his career after having hip-resurfacing surgery in 2019 but has struggled to reach the latter stages of the top events. He has failed to go beyond the third round of a Grand Slam since reaching the Wimbledon quarters in 2017.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/39312117\/murray-crashes-australian-open-first-round-exit\" class=\"img-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>After first-round exits at Brisbane and Melbourne Park, Murray&#8217;s defeat by Frenchman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=1571\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Benoit Paire<\/a> in Montpellier on Tuesday prompted a BBC reporter to ask the question: &#8220;At what point does bravely soldiering on start to damage his legacy?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tarnishing my legacy? Do me a favour,&#8221; Murray <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/andy_murray\/status\/1752416171511476557?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">responded on social media platform X<\/a>, formerly known as Twitter. &#8220;I&#8217;m in a terrible moment right now I&#8217;ll give you that. Most people would quit and give up in my situation right now. But I&#8217;m not most people and my mind works differently.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I won&#8217;t quit. I will keep fighting and working to produce the performances I know I&#8217;m capable of.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Former U.S. Open champion <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Andy Roddick<\/a> railed at the report and said nothing could detract from Murray&#8217;s achievements.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Can&#8217;t take legacy away. Accomplishment lives forever,&#8221; he posted on X.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/39426502\/quit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-times Grand Slam champion Andy Murray hit back at suggestions he could &ldquo;damage his legacy&rdquo; if he continues his career after the<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/andy-murray-fires-back-after-legacy-questioned-i-wont-quit\/30\/01\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[929,3288,3367,930,3326,4450,1545],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17707"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17709,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17707\/revisions\/17709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}