Andy Murray Is Deep In Wimbledon Preparations

Written by: Staff on 27th May 2013

Andy Murray Is Deep In Wimbledon Preparations

epa03695444 British tennis player Andy Murray during his Madrid Open tennis tournament quarter final match against Czech Tomas Berdych played at the Caja Magica tennis center in Madrid, central Spain, 10 May 2013. EPA/EMILIO NARANJO |

As Day One of the French Open got underway in Paris, the absent world no.2 Andy Murray was already back on a practice court in London in his bid to be fit and ready for a grass court campaign he hopes will end with a cherished Wimbledon title.

Murray pulled out of Roland Garros last Wednesday, citing the lower back injury that forced him to withdraw mid-match in Rome a week earlier. He suffered a similar problem playing on clay last year that required several deep rooted injections into his spine to allow him to play.

The 26 year-old Scot maintain he is aiming to play the AEGON Championships at London’s Queen’s Club that starts a fortnight today on June 10 and said: “I’m going to try to get myself ready to play at Queen’s but I have to wait and see. Hopefully by the grass court season I will be feeling better. I have a long way to go before I am 100%.”

Murray revealed he has a long history of back issues and playing on clay, with the different kind of movement required and variable bounces, makes him more susceptible to injury.

“The grass is a bit easier on my back than the clay and I’m hoping that Wimbledon is going to be fine,” he added.

“I have been doing three hours of rehab and treatment every day to make sure it’s as good as possible for the grass court stretch, but I still have a process I am going through to build up my training to see if I have any setbacks or not when I start to push a little bit more.

“I have hit some balls the last couple of days but I haven’t been doing any movement on the court yet. It’s very easy standing in the middle of the court having a controlled practice session for 30 minutes, it’s another thing playing for four hours on a clay court or even a grass court when you are playing the best players in the world.”

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