Wear\u002Dand\u002Dtear of Andy Murray\u0027s previous unending, unyielding, performances simply took too much out of his 35\u002Dyear\u002Dold body and metal hip
“You can’t always control the outcome. You can’t control how well you’re going to play or the result. You can control the effort that you put into it, and I gave everything that I had the last three matches. I’m very proud of that,” said Murray, a five-time finalist at Melbourne Park and the owner of three Grand Slam titles from elsewhere. “But, yeah, I’m also disappointed.”Article content
He got off to a slow start against Bautista Agut on Saturday, made a strong push to grab the second set, and faded down the stretch. When the match was over, Murray was given quite a send-off.Article content These two had played six times previously, including Bautista Agut’s win at the Australian Open in 2019, a year after Murray had his first of two hip operations — and days after he tearfully acknowledged he thought he was on the verge of retirement.
Not much later came Murray’s second procedure, this one to fit him with an artificial hip, and he eventually returned to the tour.
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