{"id":4217,"date":"2017-08-26T16:42:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T20:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=4217"},"modified":"2017-08-26T16:42:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T20:42:14","slug":"andy-murray-latest-to-pull-out-of-us-open-as-injury-list-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2017\/08\/26\/andy-murray-latest-to-pull-out-of-us-open-as-injury-list-grows\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Murray Latest to Pull Out of US Open as Injury List Grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Andy Murray<\/strong> has announced his withdrawal from the US Open due to an ongoing hip injury. The Brit becomes the fifth high profile withdrawal from the men&#8217;s draw.<\/p>\n<p>Murray &#8211; who has been struggling with the injury since before Wimbledon &#8211; announced the decision on Saturday, just two days before the tournament begins.<\/p>\n<p>Former US Open Champions Novak Djokovic and Stan Wawrinka both withdrew earlier in the year while Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic followed suit in recent weeks. Murray&#8217;s announcement leaves just four previous Grand Slam champions in the draw; Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Juan Martin del Potro and Marin Cilic.<\/p>\n<p>Question marks have surrounded Murray&#8217;s health for a number of weeks with the former world #1 having not played since his Wimbledon defeat to Sam Querrey. Hopes were raised for British fans when Murray flew out to New York early to practice.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent announcement though means that Andy Murray misses only his second Grand Slam in the last ten years. His only other withdrawal was the 2013 French Open.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"KaWeU1-YTtxDTBAtXweJiw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/839564372\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'KaWeU1-YTtxDTBAtXweJiw',sig:'qcD9kSrPjjAk69WsKQb6Ua6KuWa386EvEC44dNjn6wI=',w:'594px',h:'399px',items:'839564372',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the withdrawal, Murray said, &#8220;I was actually practising okay the last few days. But it&#8217;s too sore for me to win the tournament and ultimately that&#8217;s what I was here to try and do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Murray also added that he was unsure of whether or not he was going to return to court in 2017. &#8220;When you speak to a lot [of specialists], there are different views and opinions on what the best thing to do is moving forward. And that&#8217;s a decision I&#8217;ll need to take now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I certainly wouldn&#8217;t have been hurting myself more by trying to play. It was more a question of whether it would settle down in time. We were hoping that by taking a few weeks off and resting and rehabbing and really reducing the load that I was putting through it, I would be okay by the time US Open came around. But unfortunately that&#8217;s not been the case.<\/p>\n<p>Murray&#8217;s opponent, Tennys Sandgren, will now face 5th seed Marin Cilic, with Philipp Kohlschreiber entering proceedings as the 33rd seed. Lucky loser Lukas Lacko enters the US Open draw as a result of Murray&#8217;s withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"9ze_BuDXTAVEckqfaeORhA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/839589520\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'9ze_BuDXTAVEckqfaeORhA',sig:'Umy0wtz42cBXPAt5lxBlhqqCT0IfHz9BP9z89czI-1A=',w:'594px',h:'399px',items:'839589520',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Murray has announced his withdrawal from the US Open due to an ongoing hip injury. The Brit becomes the fifth high profile withdrawal from the men&#8217;s draw. Murray &#8211; who has been struggling with the injury since before Wimbledon &#8211; announced the decision on Saturday, just two days before the tournament begins. 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