Andy Murray Belum Bisa Putuskan Masa Depan Partisipasi pada Australia Terbuka

Petenis putra asal Inggris Raya, Andy Murray, belum bisa memutuskan masa depan partisipasinya pada turnamen Australia Terbuka 2018 yang akan digelar di Melbourne Park, 15-28 Januari mendatang.

Murray terpaksa mundur dari Brisbane Internasional karena kembali didera cedera pinggul. Padahal, turnamen itu tadinya diplot Murray sebagai pemanasan jelang Australia Terbuka.

Pengunduran diri Murray dijelaskan melalui unggahan foto pada akun Instagram personalnya, @andymurray, Selasa (2/1/2017).

"Saya telah berlatih beberapa set di Brisbane dengan beberapa pemain top, sayangnya hal itu tidak membuat saya berada di level yang saya inginkan," tulis Murray pada keterangan foto.

"Jadi saya harus menilai ulang keputusan saya," tulis Murray lagi.

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Murray memutuskan untuk beristirahat demi mengembalikan kebugaran hingga berada dalam kondisi yang layak untuk bisa bertanding dengan baik.

Namun, keputusan mundur dari Brisbane International tidak semerta-merta membuat Murray mengambil keputusan serupa pada Australia Terbuka.

"Saya akan tinggal di Australia untuk melihat apakah pinggul saya akan sedikit membaik," tulis Murray.

"Saya akan mengambil keputusan pada akhir pekan ini, apakah bertahan atau kembali ke rumah untuk menilai apa yang saya lakukan selanjutnya," tulis Murray lagi.

Andai tetap turun pada Brisbane International 2018, Murray dipastikan mendapat bye dan baru akan mulai bermain dengan menghadapi petenis Amerika, Ryan Harrison, pada babak kedua.

Andy Murray yang saat ini menduduk peringkat 16 dunia bertekad untuk kembali meramaikan persaingan di papan atas nomor tunggal putra.

 

Hey everyone.. Just wanted to write a little message on here for anyone interested in what in going through right now. Firstly I want to apologise to @brisbanetennis for withdrawing at late notice and to everyone who wanted to come along to watch me play(or lose) The organisers couldn't have been more understanding and supportive and I'll always remember that. Thank you. I've obviously been going through a really difficult period with my hip for a long time and have sought council from a number of hip specialists. Having been recommended to treat my hip conservatively since the US Open I have done everything asked of me from a rehab perspective and worked extremely hard to try get back on the court competing. Having played practice sets here in Brisbane with some top players unfortunately this hasn't worked yet to get me to the level I would like so I have to reassess my options. Obviously continuing rehab is one option and giving my hip more time to recover. Surgery is also an option but the chances of a successful outcome are not as I high as I would like which has made this my secondary option and my hope has been to avoid that. However this is something I may have to consider but let's hope not. I choose this pic as the little kid inside me just wants to play tennis and Compete.. I genuinely miss it so much and i would give anything to be back out there. I didn't realise until these last few months just how much I love this game. Everytime I wake up from sleeping or napping i hope that it's better and it's quite demoralising when you get on the court it's not at the level you need it to be to compete at this level. In the short term I'm going to be staying in Australia for the next couple of days to see if my hip settles down a bit and will decide by the weekend whether to stay out here or fly home to assess what I do next. Sorry for the long post but I wanted to keep everyone in the loop and get this off my chest as it's really hurting inside. Hope to see you back on the court soon

A post shared by Andy Murray (@andymurray) on Jan 2, 2018 at 1:23am PST