Andy Murray’s management team provided a new update on Thursday (Picture: Getty)
Wimbledon is back for 2024 and many tennis fans want to know if Andy Murray will play at the Championships this year after his new back injury.
Murray played at Wimbledon last year, narrowly crashing out in the second round to fifth-seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in an epic five-set battle.
But the 37-year-old two-time Wimbledon champion is nearing retirement and picked up a concerning injury problem at Queen’s Club last week.
Murray subsequently required an operation on a spinal cyst in his back. So the question on everybody’s lips is: Will he play at Wimbledon 2024?
Is Andy Murray playing at Wimbledon in 2024?
Andy Murray’s management team provided a key update on Thursday ahead of the first-round draw being made on Friday.
‘Andy is recovering well from his surgery and has started training again,’ they said.
‘At this stage it is too soon to confirm for definite whether he will play Wimbledon, but he is working towards that and a final decision will be made as late as possible to give him the best chance of competing.’
Murray had originally confirmed that he was set to play Wimbledon this year – possibly for the final time ever – but that came before the back injury at Queen’s Club on June 19, which forced him to retire mid-match against Jordan Thompson.
Murray required surgery on a spinal cyst in his back following that match and the ATP Tour subsequently said that the British hero would miss Wimbledon following a report in The Telegraph that he would be ruled out for six weeks.
But it later emerged that Murray was not ruled out of Wimbledon after his own mother rubbished the reports, while his team were forced to put out a statement.
‘Following his surgery on Saturday, Andy is continuing to work with his medical team to confirm when he will return to the court,’ the statement read.
‘At this stage, no decisions have been made and we will update further as soon as anything has been finalised.’
Murray’s team are believed to be incredibly frustrated about the media leaks, which were dismissed by Great Britain Davis Cup captain Leon Smith.
‘I have seen the stories on social media and that is not my understanding,’ Smith told the BBC. ‘This has come from one source and it has a knock-on effect with everyone reporting on it. He obviously went through a procedure and we will have to wait and see now.
‘My understanding is that no decision has been made. Let’s hope for the best for Andy.’
Murray has been very open about his plans for retirement and was plotting to play the Championships for the last time before hanging up his racket.
He is due to feature not only in the men’s singles but in the men’s doubles after teaming up with his brother Jamie – but his participation is now massively up in the air for both – and according to iNews he may decide to only play in doubles.