Andy Murray faces a week of pre-Wimbledon uncertainty after being forced to pull out of Queen’s on Monday night due to injury.
The Scot, 35, still hopes to play at SW19 despite being diagnosed with a strained stomach muscle, sustained in Sunday’s Stuttgart Open final.
‘After a scan this afternoon, an abdominal injury means I won’t be fit to compete at Queen’s,’ said Murray on Monday, a five-time champion in west London.
Andy Murray has been forced to withdraw from Queen’s because of a strained stomach muscle
‘The tournament means a lot to me and it’s disappointing not to compete, especially after playing some good matches on the grass already.’
This is a major setback for the 2013 and 2016 Wimbledon winner — although it is not a tear, which would have put him out of the reckoning altogether.
Between Surbiton and Stuttgart he played nine matches in 14 days, an unusual workload for his body in recent years.
In a best-case scenario Murray would like to play an…
