ANDY’S 12 MONTHS OF INJURY HELL . . .

JUNE 27, 2017: Murray does not mention his hip problem after losing his first match at Queen’s to Jordan Thompson but then pulls out of an exhibition match owing to the injury.

JULY 12: a limping Murray battles his way to the quarter-finals of Wimbledon, where he loses to Sam Querrey. AUGUST 26: after pulling out of two Masters events and losing his world no 1 ranking, Murray travels to new York for the US Open but pulls out two days before the start, saying that his hip is too sore. SEPTEMBER 6: Murray consults several hip specialists before announcing he is likely to miss the rest of the year, but is hoping to avoid surgery. JANUARY 2, 2018: Murray schedules the Brisbane International for his comeback only to pull out on the eve of his first match.

JANUARY 8: Murray reveals he has had hip surgery in Melbourne.

MARCH 28: He returns to on-court training in nice.

JUNE 5: Murray says he is ‘getting closer’ to a return but withdraws from his scheduled first grass event of the season at the Libema Open in Holland.

JUNE 16: Murray announces he will make his comeback at Queen’s.

JUNE 19: 342 days since his last competitive outing, Murray loses 2-6, 7-6, 7-5 to nick Kyrgios.

JUNE 25: First win after almost a year out, beating Stan Wawrinka 6-1, 6-3 at Eastbourne.

YESTERDAY: YESTERDAY reveals he’s out of Wimbledon and posts this picture on Instagram.