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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Tumaini Carayol

‘I’m doing rehab 24/7’ – Andy Murray to make last-minute call on Wimbledon

Andy Murray with the Wimbledon men’s singles trophy after victory in the 2016 final
Andy Murray won the men’s singles title at Wimbledon for a second time in 2016 but is battling to be fit for a swansong finish this summer. Photograph: Adam Davy/PA

Andy Murray believes he deserves a chance to compete at Wimbledon for a final time but he will wait until the very last moment to decide on his participation after returning to training and taking positive steps forward during rehab in the aftermath of his back surgery on Saturday.

“The rate that I’m improving just now, if that was to continue then an extra 72 to 96 hours makes a huge difference,” said Murray on Thursday. “It’s complicated, and it’s made more complicated because I want to play at Wimbledon one more time. I want to have that opportunity to play the tournament and I know that some people might look at that and say, withdrawing from a tournament late at the last minute or something like that isn’t the right thing to do, even though it happens every single week on the tour.

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