Wimbledon 2024: Andy Murray set for doubles; out of singles - ESPN

Andy Murray has withdrawn from his first-round match at Wimbledon against Tomas Machac and confirmed he has played his final singles match at the championships.

Murray, 37, is still in the draw for the doubles, where he will play alongside brother Jamie but, having had a procedure on a spinal cyst on June 22, Murray has not recovered in time to play singles. He said he would make a decision on his fitness at the last minute, and with him set to start his Wimbledon campaign on Tuesday against world No. 38 Machac, he has withdrawn from the singles tournament. Murray has been replaced in the singles by lucky loser David Goffin from Belgium.

In a statement, Murray's team said: «Unfortunately, despite working incredibly hard on his recovery since his operation just over a week ago, Andy has taken the very difficult decision not to play the singles this year.

»As you can imagine, he is extremely disappointed but has confirmed that he will be playing in the doubles with Jamie and looks forward to competing at Wimbledon for the last time."

Murray said last week that he plans to retire after this summer's Olympics. The dream scenario was that Murray would play singles at both Wimbledon and at Paris 2024 but, though he was close to making a miracle recovery, his final act at the grass court championships will be in doubles.

It will be the first time he's played alongside Jamie at Wimbledon, a place where he has experienced some of his finest moments in the sport. Murray won the singles title both in 2013 and 2016 — to sit alongside his US Open 2012 triumph — and he has secured his spot as one of Britain's finest athletes. But he had hoped to have one last crack at singles at SW19.

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