Not finished yet, says Murray after surgery
LONDON: Three-time grand slam champion Andy Murray underwent hip surgery on Monday but is optimistic about his chances of returning in time for Wimbledon and believes he can still challenge for major titles.
The 30-year-old Briton has not played a competitive match since hobbling to defeat by Sam Querrey in the Wimbledon quarter-finals six months ago and last week he withdrew from the Australian Open. “Today I underwent successful right hip surgery at the St Vincent Hospital in Melbourne,” Murray said on Facebook.
“I’m not finished playing tennis yet. I’m going to be competing at the highest level again,” said Murray, talking from his hospital bed. “I’m very optimistic about the future - the surgeon is very happy about how it went.”
KERBER ADVANCES
SYDNEY: Angelique Kerber needed enka at the Hobart International. to save two match points before Former Wimbledon finalist Boufending off Lucie Safarova 6-7 (3), chard was eliminated from the 7-6 (8), 6-2 on Monday to set up a Australian Open warm-up event second-round match against after losing 6-4, 6-3.
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Kerber, coming off a run to the sequence of early losses for the Hopman Cup final in Perth, overCanadian, who was named the came two rain delays and a tricky most i mproved player in second-set tiebreaker to extend women’s professional tennis her streak to five straight singles after reaching the Wimbledon wins. Second-seeded Venus Willifinal in 2014. ams had a bye in the first round.
U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens lost her first match of the year, beaten 6-3, 6-0 by Italian qualifier Camila Giorgia.
BOUCHARD BEATEN
HOBART: Eugenie Bouchard’s poor run of form continued Monday when she was beaten by Belarusian teenager Aryna Sabal-
FERRER THROUGH
AUCKLAND: David Ferrer started his quest to win a fifth Auckland Open title with a straight-sets victory over Wu Yibing on Monday.
Seventh seed Ferrer battled his way past Wu on the first day of the tournament, winning 7-6 (9-7) 6-4 as he aims to become the first man to win the event five times.