Andy Murray admits he is unsure if he will compete at Wimbledon next year following his painful second-round exit to Stefanos Tsitsipas.
The 36-year-old plays with a metal hip after surgery saved his career and was ahead in the match last night before the 11pm curfew struck.
But fifth-seed Tsitsipas produced a fightback to edge past two-time Wimbledon champion Murray over five sets.
Murray had been on a resurgence ahead of the Championships with two titles on grass this summer and despite narrowing missing out on being seeded, there was genuine hope he could land a fairytale third trophy in SW19.
The British tennis legend was distraught in his post-match pressure and when asked about his participation at Wimbledon next year, Murray said: ‘I don’t know.
‘Yeah, motivation is obviously a big thing. Continuing having early losses in tournaments like this don’t necessarily help with that.
‘Yeah, it’s similar to last year. I had a long think about things, spoke to my family, decided to keep on going.
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‘I don’t plan to stop right now. But, yeah, this one will take a little while to get over. Hopefully find the motivation again to keep training, keep pushing, try and keep getting better.’
Speaking more generally about his defeat, Murray added: ‘I’m obviously very disappointed just now.
‘Yeah, obviously you never know how many opportunities you’re going to get to play here.’
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He also played down suggestions that he could have won the match last night if there was no curfew.
Murray had just won the third set to take the lead before the umpire decided to call time.
‘You never know what would have happened [if we played on] – the same result could have happened,’ Murray said.
‘We knew that we were only going to be able to play until 11:00. You’re kind of playing to a time.
‘It was unlikely if there was any split sets or anything that we were going to finish yesterday. We knew the situation going into the match. That’s how it was.’
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