Andy Murray has no instant plans to name time on his profession and vowed: “I won’t quit”, regardless of enduring a winless begin to 2024.
The 36-year-old two-time Wimbledon winner was dumped out within the first spherical at each the Brisbane Worldwide and Australian Open and stays winless in 2024 after one other defeat in France this week.
Murray let slip a one-set lead towards Benoit Paire to lose 6-2 6-7 3-6 in his opening match of the Open Sud de France and has not gained a aggressive match since his victory over Yannick Hanfmann in Basel in October 2023.
After the match, some questioned whether or not it was time for Murray to carry his taking part in profession to a detailed, however the Scot has pledged to maintain on preventing.
Murray responded to a submit on X, previously Twitter, by saying: “Tarnishing my legacy? Do me a favour. I am in a horrible second proper now I am going to provide you with that.
“Most people would quit and give up in my situation right now. But I’m not most people and my mind works differently. I won’t quit. I will keep fighting and working to produce the performances I know I’m capable of.”
Murray was supported on social media by former US Open champion Andy Roddick, who stated: “Preach! Imagine telling an accomplished iconic adult your opinion on what they should choose for work and when they should do it. Can’t take a legacy away. Accomplishment lives forever.”
Murray’s gradual begin to 2024
Murray, who has stated this 12 months might be his final on tour if he’s “not enjoying it”, misplaced within the opening spherical to Grigor Dimitrov in Brisbane and fell to Tomas Martin Etcheverry in straight units on the Australian Open.
He raced right into a 3-0 lead within the opening set towards Paire on Monday after breaking the world No 112’s first service sport and broke the Frenchman for a second time within the eighth sport to wrap it up 6-2 in 38 minutes.
Paire, who reached a career-high rating of 18 in 2016, responded by breaking Murray within the opening sport of the second set and after the Briton broke again to degree it up at 4-4, it headed for a tie-break.
Murray gained three successive factors from 5-1 down and saved a set level to claw it again to 6-5, however misplaced the following level on his serve and Paire clinched the tie-break 7-5 to degree the match. After each gamers had misplaced their serve early within the decider, Paire made the decisive break when 4-3 forward and served it out to seal a powerful win.
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