This Morning: Ben Shephard shares news of Andy Murray pulling out of men's singles Ben Shephard took a moment on Tuesday's This Morning to make a "breaking news" announcement. Ben and Cat Deeley opened the show by discussing the latest news headlines with their guests Ashley James and Tom Swarbrick. Martin Lewis was also in the studio to offer his latest money advice.
However, during the segment, Ben paused to announce Andy Murray had withdrawn from Wimbledon. Cat began: "Rom and Ashley are here now to talk about some more news stories." Ben chipped in: "Yeah, a bit of breaking news while we have been on air.
"Very sadly, Andy Murray has announced he will not be competing in the Men's Singles at this year's Wimbledon. "He was battling really hard to come back from injury. He is going to play in the doubles, his team said, 'Despite working incredibly hard on his recovery since his operation just over a week ago, Andy has taken the very difficult decision not to play this year's singles and as you can imagine, he is very disappointed but has confirmed he will be playing the doubles for the last time'.
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