Andy Murray has accepted the fact that time is no longer on his side. The 36-year old conceded the fact that he mat not be able to make deep-runs in Grand Slam events anymore. A dejected Murray spoke about it after bowing out from the second round at the U.S. Open on Thursday.
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Andy Murray faced 19th seed Grigor Dimitrov in the second round. He appeared to put on a fight. But lost energy and as he suffered a 3-6, 4-6, 1-6 loss. With this, he has failed to go past the second round for the third successive time this year.
“It’s obviously disappointing, to not play how you would like,” the Briton told reporters following his loss. “Maybe I need to accept that, these events, I had the deep runs and everything that I felt like I’m capable of, they might not be there, as well.”
Following his retirement in 2019 due to a career-threatening back injury, he made his return in 2020. He has since played in 10 Grand Slam tournaments. However he failed to go past the third round.
This year Andy Murray’s best show in Grand Slams is a third round appearance at the Australian Open. He also finished as runner-up at the Qatar Open. He won couple of Challenger titles in Aix-en-Challenger, Nottingham Challenger and Surbiton Trophy. Ahead of the US Open this year, he was at his highest ranking – 37th
Despite his disappointment at the US Open, Murray still said he enjoys putting in the work. “I still enjoy everything that goes into playing at a high level. I enjoy the work,” Murray said. “The training and trying to improve and trying to get better, I do still enjoy that. That’s what keeps me going,” he concluded.
