Andy Murray said goodbye to professional tennis at the Paris Olympics last year, ending an extraordinary career in which he often exceeded his limits. Due to a serious hip injury, the former world No. 1 seemed set to leave the tour as early as early 2019 and there seemed to be no more hope for his future.
Thanks to a new generation surgery, the Scotsman was able to continue playing for other years, accepting a different reality from what he was used to. He stopped being a top-tier tennis player who fought to win the most prestigious titles and had to settle for a secondary role, but it is precisely at that juncture that he showed all his love for this sport. When his body began to send him a series of clear signals and the number of injuries increased, the three-time Grand Slam champion ended his career by starting a new chapter in his life.
A few months after his retirement, he was called by Novak Djokovic who asked him to become his coach at a particular stage of his career. The Serbian legend who has always had an excellent relationship with Andy even off the court needed new motivation to return to win a Major title, but their collaboration did not have the desired results and ended before Roland Garros.
Murray reflects on the tennis schedule
Speaking on the latest edition of 'The Tennis Podcast', Murray opened up on various topics reflecting especially on the new longer Masters 1000: I was sitting on the ATP Player Council when this got voted for, to change the Masters series to longer events. I was completely against that change, because one, I liked the Masters series how they were. They were great events.
I think part of the issue now is where I dont think there is anything that suggests that players are getting injured more than before. I think there has always been injuries and I dont think that there is evidence to back that up.
