Murray Out for "Extended Period" with Ankle Injury

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, March 25, 2024

Andy Murray’s ankle damage will sideline him for a protracted interval.

Former world No. 1 Murray confirmed aggressive character hobbling by way of a left ankle damage in his marathon Miami Open loss to Tomas Machac yesterday.

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In the present day, Murray introduced the injury completed to his ankle will power him out, however defiantly vowed he will likely be again “with one hip and no ankle ligaments when the time is true.”

“Yesterday in direction of the tip of my match in Miami I suffered a full rupture of my ATFL and close to full thickness rupture of my CFL,” Murray posted on Instagram at this time. “I’ll see an ankle specialist after I return house to find out subsequent steps.

“Goes with out saying it is a powerful one to take and I’ll be out for an prolonged interval. However I’ll be again with 1 hip and no ankle ligaments when the time is true.”

The 2-time Olympic gold-medal champion confirmed his aggressive character after rolling his left ankle and crashing to the court docket in agony whereas main Machac within the remaining set. 

Regardless of the ankle damage, Murray performed on, pushed the match right into a third-set tiebreaker and led 5-3 within the tiebreaker.

Two factors from victory, Murray noticed Machac reply with backhand bolts down the road to rally by way of the end line.

Regardless of a brutally painful loss, Murray nonetheless signed autographs for followers afterward.

Even after the hardest of losses, @andy_murray nonetheless makes occasions for all his followers 🤝

Thanks, Andy 🫡#MiamiOpen pic.twitter.com/YL5zo02emp

— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) March 24, 2024

Photograph credit score: Matthew Calvis