{"id":21937,"date":"2024-02-26T22:51:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T03:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/andy-murray-admits-it-could-be-months-before-retirement\/26\/02\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-02-26T22:51:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T03:51:55","slug":"andy-murray-admits-it-could-be-months-before-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/andy-murray-admits-it-could-be-months-before-retirement\/26\/02\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Murray admits it could be &#8216;months&#8217; before retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Andy Murray<\/a> said that he may only have a few months left of his career after beating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/tennis\/player\/_\/id\/2860\/denis-shapovalov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Denis Shapovalov<\/a> in Dubai on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the win, Murray, 36, said: &#8220;I probably don&#8217;t have too long left but I&#8217;ll do as best as I can these last few months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I still love competing and still love the game but it gets harder and harder to compete the older you get, to keep your body fit and fresh.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0226%2Fr1296497_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0226%2Fr1296497_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0226%2Fr1296497_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0226%2Fr1296497_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Andy Murray has won two of his seven matches in 2024.\u00a0<cite>Photo by Quality Sport Images\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Murray&#8217;s win over the Canadian was his second of the 2024 season after he endured a torrid start that saw him lose his first four matches.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time grand slam champion came from a set behind on Monday to beat Shapovalov 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-3. It marked Murray&#8217;s 500th hard court win of his professional career, according to the LTA.<\/p>\n<p>The Scot had earlier hinted that this year could be his last, telling reporters at the Australian Open that it was a &#8220;definite possibility&#8221; that his defeat to Argentina&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tomas Martin Etcheverry<\/a> could be his last appearance at the major.<\/p>\n<p>However he has also railed against outside implications that it may be time to leave the sport, in particular when a BBC reporter said after a loss to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=1571\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Benoit Paire<\/a> in Montpellier in late January that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/39426502\/quit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">his late-career form could &#8220;damage his legacy.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tarnishing my legacy? Do me a favour,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/andy_murray\/status\/1752416171511476557?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Murray responded on social media platform X<\/a>, formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&#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>Murray returns to action in Dubai on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/39604237\/andy-murray-admits-months-retirement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Murray said that he may only have a few months left of his career after beating Denis Shapovalov in Dubai on<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/andy-murray-admits-it-could-be-months-before-retirement\/26\/02\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21940,"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":[182,929,219,930,751],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21937"}],"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=21937"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21939,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21937\/revisions\/21939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}