The former world number one and three-time Grand Slam winner broke down at a press conference in Melbourne as he said the pain had become almost unbearable. Thirty-one-year-old “Sir Andy” said he would like to finish at his home Grand Slam in Wimbledon, but ruefully admitted he might not make it that far. Pretty much done everything that I could to try and get my hip feeling better and it hasn’t helped loads.”He pulled out of last year’s Australian Open to have hip surgery and only returned in June at Queen’s Club in London. “I think there is a chance the Australian Open is my last tournament,” he said. One of the so-called Big Four, along with Federer, Djokovic and Nadal, who have dominated the game for years, Murray’s ranking has slumped to 230.

Source: The Express Tribune January 11, 2019 13:41 UTC