Murray, 37, will instead play in the doubles tournament alongside his older brother Jamie.
Andy Murray will forgo singles competition at this week’s Wimbledon tennis tournament and instead play one final time alongside his brother Jamie in the doubles tournament.
Murray, 37, withdrew from the men’s singles tournament on Tuesday hours before he was slated to play in the opening round. The decision comes after weeks of Murray openly discussing the difficult decision of whether to play at Wimbledon, which he said would be his last Grand Slam tournament.
The three-time Grand Slam champion has had health issues in recent years. A cyst removed from his spine a week ago has made it uncertain if he can play in this week’s Wimbledon.
Regarding his decision to withdraw from the singles tournament, Murray’s agents told the Associated Press, “As you can imagine, he is extremely disappointed.” Murray, along with his elder brother, “looks forward to competing at Wimbledon for the last time,” according to his management organisation.
The 2013 and 2016 Wimbledon champion Murray announced his intention to step down following this month’s Paris Olympics. Murray gave up a match at Queen’s Club last month when he experienced numbness in his right leg. Later, medical professionals determined that the cause of the numbness was a cyst on his spin that was compressing a nerve in his back.
