Britain’s Andy Murray will miss this year’s Wimbledon Championships after announcing his withdrawal from the tournament.
In a statement on Facebook, Murray said: “It is with a heavy heart that I’m announcing that I’ll be withdrawing from Wimbledon this year.
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“I’ve made significant progress in practice and matches over the last ten days, but after lengthy discussions with my team, we’ve decided that playing best of five set matches might be a bit too soon in the recovery process. We did everything we could to try to be ready in time.
“I will start practising on the hard courts from tomorrow and continuing with my rehab and recovery and I’m looking forward to the US hard court season. Thanks for all the messages of support and I’m excited to finally be back playing after so long out.”
Tournament organisers have announced that “lucky loser” Jason Jung from Chinese Taipei will replace Murray in the main draw.
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