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Andy Murray was continuing to mull over whether to play singles at Wimbledon after a practice session on Monday afternoon. The 37-year-old showed definite signs of improvement hitting against fellow British player Kyle Edmund but remains unsure whether he is in good enough physical shape to play his first-round match against Czech Tomas Machac on Tuesday. Murray was leading Edmund 6-3 2-0 when they reached the end of their session, and he said afterwards: “It was good.
“I’m going to go and have a chat with my team now, speak to my family this evening and then make a decision. It’s getting better and the testing and stuff I’ve done has been good, I just need to decide whether it’s enough to compete.” Murray, who underwent surgery to remove a spinal cyst nine days ago, was serving well and hitting some strong groundstokes but his movement undoubtedly remains compromised and he was struggling when pulled out wide.
Machac, ranked 39, is certainly no mug and is likely to make the match physical, although he is inexperienced on grass. While Murray is understandably desperate to make a final singles appearance at the All England Club before retirement, he would want to be able to give a good account of himself. Murray’s indecision provides a headache for Wimbledon organisers in terms of Tuesday’s order of play, but chief executive Sally Bolton said: “We’ve always got plenty of scheduling challenges to face.
“As he said himself, Andy has earned the right to ma.
