Andy Murray has hip surgery and aims to return before Wimbledon

• Murray to fly home in a fortnight after surgery in Melbourne• ‘The surgeon felt my hip will be feeling better than a year ago’Andy Murray revealed on Monday that he has had hip surgery in Australia which he hopes will not only allow him to play at Wimbledon this summer, the scene of his last competitive match, but also restore him to near the highpoint of his career in late 2016, when he began a run of 37 weeks as world No1.Speaking from his hospital bed only hours after Dr John O’Donnell, one of the world’s leading hip surgeons, had operated on him, Murray said: “I went in at 7.30am [Melbourne time] and I woke up from the operation about 10.30am. I’m very optimistic because, having spoken to the surgeon, he was very happy about how it went. He felt that my hip will be feeling better than it did a year ago. I was still doing fine a year ago, ranked No1 in the world.” Continue reading…
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