Andy Murray He flirted with retirement several times. The latter, when he started this season suffering from four consecutive losses. He did not explicitly mention goodbye, he hinted that he should rethink his future.
He already announced his retirement in 2019, after losing to the player from Castellón Roberto Bautista at the Australian Open. Then he thought he might have to hang up his racket because the first hip surgery didn’t work.
He found the solution in the second intervention, a prosthesis that allowed him to continue on the circuit. This week he competes in the ATP 500 tournament in Dubai, where he made his debut, achieving his second victory of the season. He defeated the French Alexandre Muller few days ago in Doha.
His victory over the Canadian Denis Shapovalov, 4-6, 7-6 (5) and 6-3, in 2h.32′, means reaching 500 on a hard court. He is the fifth player in the ATP era to reach that number of matches won on the calendar’s quantitatively dominant surface.
The Scot, who has two Olympic golds and a pair of Wimbledon crowns, as well as the US Open, the Davis Cup and is ranked world No. 1, has won 735 matches, lost 255, in his overall ATP career. A 74% success rate, which is 75% on a hard court: 500-174.
“It’s not bad at all to reach 500 victories. It’s a lot, I’m proud. Not many players can say that,” said the Dunblane player.
This is obtained in a very elegant list:
ATP players with 500 or+ hard court wins
1. Roger Federer (Sui) / 783-155
2. Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 700-126
3. Andre Agassi (USA) / 592-158
4. Rafael Nadal (Esp) / 518-150
5. Andy Murray (GBR) / 500-174
Source: La Verdad
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