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Tom Hamilton, Senior Author
PARIS, France — Andy Murray has mentioned he’s nonetheless hopeful of ending his profession on a successful be aware however admitted “there isn’t any excellent ending in most eventualities.”
Murray was knocked out of the French Open within the first spherical on Sunday, shedding in straight units to Stan Wawrinka in what might but be his remaining look within the males’s singles at Roland Garros.
He nonetheless plans to play alongside fellow Brit Dan Evans within the doubles in what’s broadly anticipated to be Murray’s remaining yr on tour — in singles not less than — although he’s but to verify his retirement date.
After Roland Garros, the eye will shift to Wimbledon and the grass court docket season the place Murray gained two of his three Grand Slam titles.
“There was quite a lot of discuss the fitting, or greatest, methods to exit from taking part in tennis. There isn’t any excellent ending in most eventualities,” Murray instructed BBC Radio 5 Dwell.
“I might wish to exit with successful a match or successful a event but it surely does not actually occur that manner for many gamers.”
Wawrinka ended Murray’s Roland Garros run on the first hurdle, defeating him 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. After the match, the 2 had a prolonged embrace on the web. “He is [an] superb champion, superb man,” Wawrinka mentioned of Murray. “I feel he has quite a lot of followers, lots of people begin taking part in tennis due to him. I respect him so much.
“I loved taking part in him so much final 20 years. We performed so many instances, so many large battles. Hopefully he’ll preserve going slightly bit.”
This marked the third time in a row Wawrinka ended Murray’s French Open hopes, having defeated him within the 2017 semifinals, the primary spherical in 2020 and once more on Sunday. Murray’s greatest consequence at Roland Garros was his run to the 2016 remaining, the place he bumped into Novak Djokovic.
“I did rather well right here through the years,” Murray mentioned of his French Open legacy. “You understand, I suppose outcomes and stuff that I feel the difficulty for me is that while you examine it to, like, what Rafa [Nadal] or Novak achieved in the identical time, it clearly is minuscule as compared.
“However yeah, most gamers, , would join the outcomes I’ve had right here. I performed [the] remaining, I feel 4 semis and made the quarters, a few instances as properly, possibly. Yeah, misplaced within the semis, I misplaced to Novak in 5 [sets], Stan in 5 [sets], and twice to Rafa. Clearly no disgrace in that.
“Yeah, in a distinct time possibly the outcomes would have been a bit totally different. However yeah, I am pleased with the outcomes that I had right here. I had nice recollections. Such as you mentioned, it was not a simple floor for me. However I all the time confirmed up and, , put in some robust performances, contemplating. And yeah, it was run right here through the years.”
