Exclusive: Andy Murray targets French Open return - 'I don’t know how many more chances I’ll get'

Andy Murray has outlined his plans to for a busy European clay court season, including a potential French Open return. The former world No.1 has competed at the French Open just once since making the 2017 semi-finals, a first-round exit in 2020. Ad Murray is a four-time semi-finalist and was runner-up in 2016 at the Grand Slam in Paris, but he has battled repeated injury problems in recent years.

ATP Monte CarloMurray meets De Minaur, Djokovic on course for Medvedev semi after Monte Carlo draw made07/04/2023 AT 17:15 The 35-year-old kicks off the European clay court season against Alex De Minaur in the opening round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Monday, and he told Eurosport he hopes this will just be the start. “I’m planning on playing here, in Madrid and Rome, and then depending on how the body feels and how I’m playing, I’ll decide on the French Open,” Murray said. “If I feel like I can have a good run there, I would like to play.

I’ve not really played much there since 2017, and I don’t know how many more chances I’ll get to play there. Whilst I’m feeling good, I would love to do it again.” Murray meets De Minaur, Djokovic on course for Medvedev semi after Monte Carlo draw made Norrie suffers first round exit to Cerundolo in Monte Carlo Tiafoe clinches ATP title in Houston despite late scare from Etcheverry Murray underwent hip operations in 2018 and 2019 and faced a long, hard battle to return to the top end of the sport. The Scot is now ranked No.

57 in the world rankings and reached the final in Doha in February, losing to Daniil Medvedev. Murray was asked about concerns over how his hip will hold up to the challenge of competing on the slippery clay courts. He replied: “There was a worry about it the last couple