Andy Murray showed flashes of his former self in his doubles defeat at Wimbledon...
he was not held together by sutures and sticky tape but the clock has him cornered now, writes RIATH AL-SAMARRAI Centre Court paid tribute to Murray , 37, on his last appearance at Wimbledon Murray and his brother Jamie were beaten by John Peers and Rinky Hijikata By Riath Al-samarrai Published: 22:21, 4 July 2024 | Updated: 22:24, 4 July 2024 e-mail 1 View comments It was 7.06pm when Andy Murray made his walk onto Centre Court for the most hyped game of doubles this old place may ever know. That he was four minutes late says rather a lot about a man searching for one last win in his war against time.
It’s nearly up now, of course. Try as he might, that clock has got him cornered and has counted him down to the last few ticks and checkpoints, which in the context of his staggered goodbye to Wimbledon means only the mixed doubles with Emma Raducanu remains. His hope, futile in all minds beyond his own maybe, was that he had enough in the tank for a run in the doubles with his big brother Jamie.
One last charge. One more chance to show he could pull it off, just 12 days after his spine was introduced to umpteenth knife of his career. Naturally, they gave it a go, they had a swing.
He shouted, he clenched fists, he pulled off a few shots, but it wasn’t there - they were beaten by John Peers and Rinky Hijikata, which most people expected, to the extent the All England Club were ready to go wit.
