PARIS : Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray has withdrawn from the clay-court French Open, organizers stated Sunday.
The 36-year-old British participant misplaced within the 2016 ultimate to Novak Djokovic and reached 4 different semifinals at Roland Garros in western Paris.
Play begins there Could 28 and the match will even be with out report 14-time champion Rafael Nadal. The 36-year-old Spaniard introduced on Thursday that his lingering hip damage nonetheless has not healed correctly.
An earlier report from British broadcaster BBC stated Murray is skipping the French Open to prioritize Wimbledon, the place he was received two of his majors on grass.
Murray misplaced within the first spherical of the Italian Open final week and was then overwhelmed 6-3, 6-0 by fellow veteran Stan Wawrinka at an ATP Challenger occasion in Bordeaux on Wednesday.
Wimbledon begins on July 3.
Murray reached the No. 1-ranking in late 2016. That stellar 12 months he reached three main finals — profitable Wimbledon for the second time — clinched his second Olympic gold medal in singles, and beat Djokovic to win the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals.
Murray, who had hip operations in 2018 and 2019 — with a steel implant inserted the seco nd time — received an ATP Challenger occasion in Aix-en-Provence in early Could for his first match trophy since 2019.