Andy Murray has been tipped “to have an amazing” Wimbledon this summer season by doubles nice Bob Bryan, who underwent the identical hip surgical procedure because the Scot.
When Murray was weighing up whether or not to have the resurfacing operation 4 years in the past, his foremost reference was American Bryan, who had undergone the identical surgical procedure the earlier yr.
It gave Bryan an additional yr and a bit on court docket, with the 23-time Grand Slam champion lastly retiring in 2020 on the age of 42.
Bryan stated of the operation: “It was actually the one choice. And I feel that it was a final resort. I feel that was Andy’s case as effectively. What do it’s important to lose at this stage? You are just about written off.
“For me, it simply gave me new targets and one thing to work for. For Andy, he’s doing it on the singles court docket, which is a unique scenario altogether. However I informed him, for doubles, this will likely be good.
“For singles, I do not know, that is as much as you to blaze the path there. And he is blazing it amazingly.”
Bryan performed down his affect over Murray’s surgical procedure, saying: “He is aware of it loads higher than me. I did not watch any YouTube movies earlier than I went in there. I simply stated, ‘Simply reduce it and let’s go’.
“He knew each little a part of the process and he had already talked to each athlete that had it earlier than.”
It’s the type of forensic method that Murray has utilized to his complete profession and which, 4 years after the surgical procedure, sees him eyeing up a robust season.
He is acquired the most effective workforce on the planet of fellows behind him and he works onerous and he does the analysis and nobody’s smarter than him. I feel you are going to see some good years out of him developing.
Bryan, who’s taking part in within the Australian Open legends occasion, was amongst these caught up within the drama of Murray’s exceptional week at Melbourne Park, with the 35-year-old spending 10 and a half hours on court docket in victories over Matteo Berrettini and Thanasi Kokkinakis earlier than falling simply brief towards Roberto Bautista Agut.
“It is just about the story of the week, for my part,” stated Bryan. “4 or 5 years in the past, like he wrote on his Instagram, he was informed he would by no means play professional tennis once more.
“Now he is taking part in essentially the most bodily matches of the week and backing it up with unbelievable restoration.
“I talked to [Murray’s coach] Ivan Lendl, I stated, ‘How’s the hip?’ He is like, ‘No drawback in any respect’. And that is what I am feeling: the surgical hip, there’s zero issues.
“The largest factor is discovering the steadiness as a result of you’ve gotten one new hip and you’ve got one outdated hip and the way your physique type of will get used to that and the way the decrease again feels. I feel that was an adjustment for him at the beginning however he is acquired it discovered.
“He is acquired the most effective workforce on the planet of fellows behind him and he works onerous and he does the analysis and nobody’s smarter than him. I feel you are going to see some good years out of him developing.”
Murray is a two-time Wimbledon males’s singles champion
Though disillusioned to lose within the third spherical, Murray left Melbourne feeling optimistic about his sport and his health.
There is no such thing as a doubt performing strongly at Wimbledon, the place the floor most favours him, would be the massive goal of Murray’s season.
Bryan added: “He is performed a really bodily profession, he does not have the hugest weapons on the market and he is performed loads of working, identical to [Rafael] Nadal has performed.
“I feel he’ll have an amazing Wimbledon. He is aware of tips on how to play on grass and I feel that is the place the place he actually desires to do some harm.”
