Andy Murray’s cheeky dig at the doctor who told him he couldn’t play anymore – ‘We busted that myth’

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Back in 2017, Andy Murray was told he “won’t be able to play professional sports” if his hip gets repaired, but six years later he’s still competing and winning five-hour matches against some of the world’s best players.

Former world No. 1 Murray’s trip to the 2023 Australian Open came to an end on Saturday he went down in four sets against Roberto Bautista Agut in the third round, but he had an unforgettable tournament.

Murray and Bautista Agut battled it out for three and a half hours as the three-time Grand Slam winner increased the total time on court over the three games to over 14 hours, while his win over 13th Matteo Berretteni lasted almost five hours while the Thanasi Kokkinaki’s clash lasted five hours and 45 minutes.

It was quite an effort for a player who was told six years ago that if he wanted to fix his hip problem he might never play professional tennis again.

Following his loss to Bautista Agut, Murray, 35, had a cheeky sneer at the person who gave him the prediction in 2017.

“2 days ago I happened upon the doctor who said to me in 2017: ‘The good news is that the problem you have in your hip can be fixed, but you will no longer be able to play professional sports to operate.’ I think we busted that myth in the last 5 days.

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Good night

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” he wrote.

After his glorious 2016 season, which saw him win a second Wimbledon title, a second singles gold medal at the Rio Olympics and reach No. 1 in the ATP rankings for the first time, Murray’s injury woes became crippling the following year.

After his Wimbledon title defense ended in the quarterfinals, he missed several weeks of action – including the US Open – in the second half of the season and underwent his first major hip surgery in January 2018, which catapulted him out of the top 800.

Despite returning ahead of the grass season, he missed Wimbledon as he was not yet 100% fit before making his comeback in the North American hard court season.

However, his struggles continued and he underwent a second hip operation following his elimination at the Australian Open in January 2019, with many believing he had announced his retirement at that point during an emotional post-match presentation.

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But in June of that year he returned to professional tennis and almost four years later he was back at the Australian Open, scoring big wins over Berrettini and Kokkinakis.

Needless to say, Murray proved the doctor wrong.

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