Andy Murray hopes to return to competitive level in 2019

Andy Murray insists he has no regrets about his long battle to regain fitness despite admitting he is still unsure how his troublesome hip will hold up.

The former world number one is in Australia preparing to start the new season at the Brisbane International having managed just six tournaments in 2018.

He said on atptour.com: “I owe it to myself to give myself a chance to get back to the level that I’m happy competing at.

“I want to go out on my own terms. If I (had) stopped six months ago or not given the hip time to recover, I may look back and regret that decision.