Andy Murray has withdrawn from the French Open.
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The three-time Grand Slam winner’s finest exhibiting on the occasion was his 2016 defeat to Novak Djokovic within the ultimate.
Nevertheless, he has solely made one look on the French Open since making the semi-finals in 2017, with Stan Wawrinka beating him within the first spherical in 2020.
Murray entered clay-court tournaments at Monte Carlo, Madrid and the Italian Open in preparation for a possible run on the French, however suffered first-round defeats in any respect three occasions.
Murray had beforehand mentioned that he deliberate to play Roland-Garros so long as his physique held up.
“I’ll do a coaching block after Miami on the clay, I’m going to try this in Europe someplace for 3 or 4 weeks. I’ll practice, attempt to get my physique used to the clay courts and monitor how my physique is feeling.”
The previous world No. 1 mentioned in the identical interview that he wished to proper the wrongs of a straight units first-round defeat to Stan Wawrinka three years in the past.
“Bodily, I used to be not good the yr I performed towards Wawrinka,” he mentioned.
“I’d wish to get the chance to play it yet one more time earlier than I cease taking part in. Whereas I really feel bodily actually good, I want to play there once more.”
The French Open begins on Might 28.
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