Andy Murray

Two-time champion Andy Murray suffered his earliest ever exit from Wimbledon as he was beaten 6-4, 7-6 (4) 6-7 (3), 6-4 by an inspired John Isner in the ...

"If physically I'm in a good place, yeah, I will continue to play. It was touch and go kind of on the Wednesday, Thursday before the tournament in terms of how I was going to be. "It depends on how I am physically," he said. That's kind of what my goals are between now and the US Open." But I felt good physically on the court. The momentum was with Murray but Isner broke for 3-2.

Andy Murray remains determined to improving his ranking enough to be seeded at Grand Slams again after a “frustrating” Wimbledon defeat to John Isner.

“Physically I was not in a good place coming into the tournament last year. I felt like physically I was in a good place. “Then in the fourth set probably lost a game on my serve I shouldn't have, up 30-0. “When I had my opportunities, he served extremely well and didn't give me lots of chances. “If physically I'm in a good place, yeah, I will continue to play. Physically [if] I feel good, then we'll try to keep playing.

Andy Murray bows out in the Wimbledon second round after creating just two break points against John Isner. © Justin Setterfield/Getty Images.

But he stopped short of guaranteeing a return to Wimbledon next year. He has been particularly focussed on improving his Pepperstone ATP Ranking since he lost to World No. 1 Daniil Medvedev as an unseeded player at the Miami Open presented by Itau in March. But Isner's booming serve kept Murray's brilliance at bay, keeping points short and not allowing the Briton to sink his teeth into the match.

The Brits sent 10 players into the second round of Wimbledon, their most since 1984, but two of their biggest stars were defeated on Centre Court on ...

(Henman was No. 5.) Now those numbers are four and seven on the men’s side, two and six on the women’s side (including both No. 11 players of the moment, Raducanu and Cameron Norrie). They have Murray at No. 52 after he ventured to No. 3 before his physiological ordeal of recent years, and he’s saying, “I really want to try and improve my ranking to a level where I’m getting seeded in Slams.” The war in Ukraine: As the tournament gets underway, Wimbledon’s Russia and Belarus ban leaves 16 of the top 100 on the outside. Wimbledon starts: The season’s third Grand Slam returns in full with big crowds, roars and a little rain. Those in the crowd did have enough mustard, though, another case of a tenor different from yore — less desperate, surer they can implore their players to victory. John Feinstein: “Statistics are overused, but a handful of Nadal’s numbers go beyond breathtaking. World No. 1 Iga Swiatek raced to a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Coco Gauff in 68 minutes to claim her second Grand Slam. A well-executed drop shot not only can take a player by surprise, it also can exploit a shaky vulnerability. Now they seem to play with hope above fear all around the grounds, and rather than feeling the brunt of whatever national pressure is left over after soccer hogs most of it, they share that brunt. I need that to be working.” Maybe it would be a later round before an on-court interviewer would ask Isner how he managed to keep his head when the fans around him were losing theirs, to which Isner replied, as follows: Being seeded would help avoid a seeded mainstay in his 54th major tournament as is Isner, even as Isner stood 0-8 against Murray coming in. And when Raducanu lost just before Murray, well, she did win that U.S. Open as an afterthought even amid her own nationality. I literally won a Slam.”

Andy Murray has been knocked out of Wimbledon after losing to John Isner on Wednesday. Murray, 35, was defeated in the second round after facing off against ...

"Not the result I came for, but my goodness I enjoyed that," she wrote on Instagram alongside a picture of herself waving to the crowd after the loss, adding, "I hope you did as well. The first round defeat came almost exactly one year after Williams suffered a hamstring tear that kept her from advancing past the first round. No," Murray said of whether he has what it takes when battling elite opponents.

"I feel disappointed right now. Obviously I wanted to do well here. I love playing at Wimbledon, a surface that I feel like I can still compete with the best ...

"I really want to try and improve my ranking to a level where I'm getting seeded in slams," he said. "I was pretty angry after the US Open last year," he explained. "I was pretty angry after that match.

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“If physically I’m in a good place, yeah, I will continue to play. He said: “It was frustrating, and it didn’t help. I didn’t play well enough on those points tonight. “But I felt good physically on the court. “The positive is that physically I was fine during the matches. I was in a really good place physically and my game was in a good spot.

ANDY MURRAY explored his anger in a recent interview as he discussed smashing up his racquets and being blasted for his emotions on the tennis court.

Andy Murray, 35, takes on America’s John Isner this afternoon as he seeks to book his place in Wimbledon’s third round. “I’ve always been criticised for that. Murray’s defeat to the world number 76 Facundo Bagnis in his first match of the year left him visibly frustrated. Murray’s temper got the better of him in January of this year as he prepared for the Australian Open. ANDY MURRAY explored his anger in a recent interview as he discussed smashing up his racquets and being blasted for his emotions on the tennis court. Speaking about what he has learnt during his career, Murray discussed his anger on and off the court.