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Saturday, August 26, 2017

2017 US Open - World No 2 Andy Murray withdraws from US Open with hip injury

World number two Andy Murray withdrew from the US Open on Saturday Aug 26,2017, saying a nagging left hip injury had left him unable to compete in the year's final Grand Slam tournament.

Britain's Murray, a three-time Grand Slam champion whose first major title came in 2012 on the New York hardcourts, was uncertain about his status for the remainder of the season.

The 30-year-old Scotsman has not played since a five-set Wimbledon quarter-final loss to American Sam Querrey last month.

Andy Murray suffered the injury in a five-set French Open semi-final loss to Swiss Stan Wawrinka in June.
"Did pretty much everything that I could to get myself ready here and took a number of weeks off after Wimbledon," Murray said.

"I spoke to a lot of hip specialists. Tried resting, rehabing, to try and get myself ready here. Was actually practicing OK the last few days, but it's too sore for me to win the tournament and ultimately that`s what I was here to try and do.

"Unfortunately, I won't be playing here this year."

Andy Murray becomes the fifth top-10 player to withdraw from the tournament due to injury, joining 
  • Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka
  • Serbia's 12-time major champion Novak Djokovic
  • Japan's former runner-up Kei Nishikori and 
  • Canadian Milos Raonic in recovery mode 


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