Andy Murray has announced that he will probably retire from tennis after this summer.
The 36-year-old has had a tough start to the 2024 season, losing six out of eight matches.
In his latest match in Dubai, he was beaten by Ugo Humbert by a score of 6-2, 6-4. Earlier this week, Murray mentioned that he may only have a “few months” left in his career, and now he has hinted that the end is near.
“Yeah, I mean, I’m likely not going to play past this summer,” said the three-time Grand Slam champion in Dubai.
“I get asked about it after every single match that I play, every single tournament that I play. I’m bored of the question, to be honest. I’m not going to talk more about that between now and whenever the time comes for me to stop. But yeah, I don’t plan on playing much past this summer.”
Murray’s final summer in tennis may include appearances at Wimbledon, the Paris Olympics (if he qualifies for the Great Britain team), and the French Open.
Since 2017, Murray has only participated in the French Open once, choosing to focus on preparing for the grass season instead.
However, he is looking forward to potentially competing at Roland-Garros again, where he reached the final in 2016.
“Probably, yeah,” he said about playing at the French Open.
“Last few years, I’ve tried to give myself maybe better preparation for the grass season, but that also doesn’t guarantee that you’re going to play really well on the grass.
“I’ve had experiences through my career where I didn’t play the French Open in 2013 and I won Wimbledon. I also played the French Open and did really well in 2016.
“I don’t think it makes a huge difference if you get an extra week’s practice or so on the grass. So yeah, I would like to play one more time.”
Murray explained that his choice to participate in the French Open is not solely based on the fact that the Olympic tennis event will take place at the same location.
“I like the tournament. I like playing at Roland-Garros.
“I mean, obviously if you want to do well at the Olympics, you probably are going to have to play some tournaments and get matches in on the clay. Even if the Olympics was not after Wimbledon, I would still want to play it.”
Before facing Humbert, Murray expressed his desire to compete in the Olympics once again.
He has won gold medals in singles at both the London 2012 and Rio 2016 games.
