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‘I’m ready to finish’: Andy Murray admits time is right to end tennis career
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Andy Murray says the time has come to shut the door on his illustrious career after he and his brother, Jamie, were defeated in the first round of the men’s doubles at his final Wimbledon.
“I’m ready to finish playing because I can’t play to the level that I would want to any more,” he said. “That’s something that I guess is a bit out of my control. If I knew my body was going to be able to do it, I would play – there’s nothing about the sport that I hate and I’m like, I don’t want to do it any more for this reason. I like the travelling. I love the competition, practising, trying to get better, all those things. Yeah, I know that it’s time now. I’m ready for that.”
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