MEND GAME FOR MUZZA

After tearing ankle ligaments, Andy is now battling to be fit for the grass season and a last hurrah for a true great

- NEIL McLEMAN

ANDY MURRAY in a race against time to be fit for Wimbledon seems like a familiar story. 

But this time, in his planned final season, it has a new poignancy.

Because screaming in agony on an outside court at the Miami Open before losing to the world No.60 is no way for one of the sport’s modern greats to say goodbye.

The former world No.1 had admitted earlier this month that he will “ likely not play past this summer” when his last event was set to be Wimbledon or playing doubles at the Paris Olympics.

Late on Monday night UK time he posted on Instagram the news that he had ruptured two ankle ligaments and would be out for “an extended period”.

Murray, who turns 37 in May, will now return to London and see an ankle specialist to get a more detailed diagnosis. He had been scheduled to play next at the MonteCarlo Masters on April 7 at the start of the claycourt season before a final French Open.