Andy Murray to have ‘procedure’ on back injury prior to Wimbledon following Queen’s withdrawal – reports – Eurosport

The Briton was forced to retire from his encounter with Jordan Thompson on Wednesday with an injury, which was later confirmed by the three-time Grand Slam champion to be a problem in his lower back. 

Murray revealed that the issue had been bothering him during the clay-court swing, and said that it had got worse on his arrival at Queen’s. 

Murray’s hopes of playing in SW19 now appear in the balance with just 10 days until the start of Wimbledon.

“During my pre-match warm-up I was pretty uncomfortable, and then I walked up the stairs, just before going on the court, I didn’t have the normal strength in my right leg,” Murray said. “It was not a usual feeling.

“Then the first two balls I hit in the warm-up, my right leg, it was so uncoordinated. I had no coordination. Then my right leg just was not working properly.

“In hindsight, I wish I hadn’t gone on there because it was pretty awkward for everyone.

“There is nothing I could do, and then there is part of you that wants to go out there and see if it gets better, you know, and maybe feel better with a bit of treatment or something, but that wasn’t the case.”

Murray added that he “wouldn’t know” if the injury would rule him out of Wimbledon, where he is entered into the singles and doubles event, playing with his brother Jamie in the latter. 

Jamie spoke to the BBC on Friday about his brother’s situation.

“He [Andy] saw a specialist yesterday evening and he’s basically trying to decide what his next move is,” Jamie said.

“I don’t think it’s right for me to go into that personally, that’s up to him, but I think he has got a few decisions to make.

“It’s obviously incredibly disappointing for him that this was potentially going to be his last Queen’s, last Wimbledon and Olympics, and there’s a potential that that might not be able to happen.

“I think he’s got to make a few decisions, and see where he goes from there.”