Andy Murray Set For Unfortunate Call Ahead Of Roland Garros

Andy Murray is set to withdraw from Roland Garros, despite having some success on clay for the first time in a number of years in 2022.

In his first clay-court event since the 2020 French Open, Murray backed up his first-round win over Dominic Thiem at the Madrid Open by accounting for 14th-seeded Denis Shapovalov 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.

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The Scot was not meant to take part in the clay court season, but due to his challenger event being cancelled he garnered a wildcard into the ATP 1000 event in Spain.

Murray and Novak Djokovic were poised to play their first head-to-head match in five years in the Spanish capital, however fans were robbed of the eagerly-anticipated showdown because of illness.

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Not long before Murray was scheduled to take the court against the World No.1 in the third round, he announced that he had withdrawn from the tournament due to a stomach bug.

And now, a number of reports have suggest Murray is set to stick to his plan and withdraw from Roland Garros to prepare for the grass season.

Murray is yet to publicly speak out on his participation at Roland Garros.

While there was some speculation Murray would take part in Rome, which Novak Djokovic just won, it appears the three-time grand slam champ will rest ahead of Wimbledon.

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Andy Murray's battle for ranking points

Ranked 78th in the world, the 34-year-old has been making his way up the rankings since having hip surgery in both 2018 and 2019.

He had arrived in Madrid with a 10-8 record in eight tournaments and made it to the Sydney final in January, where he lost to Aslan Karatsev.

Tour officials gave no further details on Murray’s illness.

The three-time grand slam champion said after the win over Shapovalov that he was feeling fine physically.

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Murray celebrated his 35th birthday on the weekend.

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