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Andy Murray looked absolutely crushed after being told his return in one of the key moments of the match was actually in and not out as called. On Friday, Murray and Stefanos Tsitsipas resumed their Wimbledon second-round match.
When the match resumed, Tsitsipas recovered from two sets to one down to beat Murray 7-6 (3) 6-7 (2) 4-6 7-6 (3) 6-4. At 4-4 15-30 in the fourth set, Murray’s return was called out and the Brit lost the point after deciding not to challenge the call.
Instead of likely getting two consecutive break points, Murray didn’t get any in that game and Tsitsipas went on to claim a five-set win.
That moment from press conference when they told him about that point at 15-30 that was actually in.
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Murray non-committal on his Wimbledon return
Months before Wimbledon, Murray was very open about his desire to make his first big Grand Slam result in a long-time at this year’s Wimbledon.
But like it was the case many times in the previous couple of years, Murray’s Grand Slam run ended early. “Ultimately this was an opportunity for me. I had a good chance of having a proper run for the first time in a long time at a slam.
I didn’t take it. Regardless of the atmosphere and those things, it’s still very, very disappointing to be sitting here right now,” Murray said after the match.After exiting Wimbledon in the second round, Murray admitted this may have been his final Wimbledon.“I don’t know.
Motivation is obviously a big thing. Continuing having early losses in tournaments like this doesn’t necessarily help with that. Yeah, it’s similar to I guess last year. I had a long think about things, spoke to my family, decided to keep on going.
I don’t plan to stop right now. But, yeah, this one will take a little while to get over. Hopefully I find the motivation again to keep training, keep pushing, try and keep getting better. Obviously, you never know how many opportunities you’re going to get to play here. The defeats maybe feel a bit tougher,” Murray said.
