Andy Murray has pulled out of the three tournaments he was due to play next month but has yet to decide whether he will have further surgery on his injured hip.
A spokesman for Murray confirmed today that he had withdrawn from the tournaments in Marseille, Montpellier and Dubai in February but said that the Scot had made no decision yet on whether to have another operation.
Murray, who has flown home following his first-round defeat here at the Australian Open, said earlier this week that he would “probably” have a resurfacing operation on his right hip, which he first injured two summers ago.
The former world No 1 said here that he was contemplating one of two options: taking a break, which would enable him to make this summer’s Wimbledon his farewell tournament, or having the operation, which should alleviate the physical pain he has been suffering but which might spell a definitive end to his career.
Speaking after his defeat to Roberto Bautista Agut in the first round in Melbourne, Murray outlined the decision he faces.
“If I go ahead with the operation and I don’t recover well from it, then I don’t play again. I’m aware of that. That is the decision that I have to make.”
