Former world number 1, Andy Murray, assured this Sunday at a press conference that he will not participate in Roland Garros or the entire clay-court season in order to preserve his physical health.
The Briton, who will play again this week in the ATP 500 de Rotterdam After falling in the second round of the Australian Open, he confirmed that his set-up is on the grass tour and that he does not want to risk his body beforehand: “I don’t plan to play on clay. In the last two years I did and things got worse. I had physical problems and because I wanted to play everything, I made a mistake. The clay didn’t help so I talked to my team and we decided that we would not play any tournaments on this surface this year.“, commented the finalist of Roland Garros 2016.
“Last year I almost missed Wimbledon. I was close to not playing the entire grass season. I don’t want to repeat that again, that’s why I made the decision,” he stated at the same time that he does not rule out playing tournaments on another surface in the months of dust
It should be remembered that in the British Grand Slam, Murray reached the third round after losing in three sets to Denis Shapovalov.
On the other hand, we must mention the recent incorporation of Dani Vallverdu to the team of the Olympic medalist, who parted ways with his former coach, Jan De Witt, once the Australian Open is over. Although Dani is Stan Wawrinka’s trainer, the Swiss agreed to let him work with Andy as he is still recovering from a lengthy injury.