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Andy Murray in Paris, a guest who hardly debates

2021-10-31T23:44:52.897Z


The former world number one, who faces the American Jenson Brooksby this Monday, has received an invitation from the organizers of the Rolex Paris Masters.


If there is a player who was legitimate to deprive French tennis of a 100% guest on the big table, it is he. Andy Murray thus inherited the fourth wild card of the 2021 edition. "

It is not abnormal to give it to Andy Murray. He must have had one at Roland Garros

(last June, Editor's note),

it is him that he declined it, finding that he was not performing enough,

said tournament director Guy Forget on the sidelines of the draw for the Paris Masters 1000

. He has improved a lot since then, he won in the past in our tournament, he was world number one, Olympic champion, he won Grand Slam titles and the Davis Cup

”.

Guy Forget also believes that the fourth member of the Big Four is "

bankable

", and that he should attract people this Monday evening for his entry into the running, while the gauge is at 100%.

“A

lot of people are going to come see Murray.

Even the French will come to see him, not just the English.

He is a wonderful example of courage and questioning after his hip surgery.

"

“I have confidence in my competitive instinct, it's one of my great strengths.

I haven't lost it and when it is gone, it will probably be the time to stop.

"

Andy Murray

The man with 46 ATP titles, including 3 Grand Slam titles (US 2012, Wimbledon 2013 and 2016), has collected injuries for four years.

Gnawed by hip pain for two years, the Scotsman, tested, had even told of his ordeal and his desire to put an end to his career, after an elimination in the second round of the Open d ' Australia 2019. Tears had flowed.

They have dried up.

The word retirement is no longer part of his vocabulary.

Read also Murray, the Wimbledon Phoenix

Like a Phoenix rising from its ashes, after two operations on the right hip. If the Briton has clearly not regained his power of yesteryear, he has found the desire to want. Its science of the game and its resilience, as main assets. “

I feel like I can still be competitive at the top and no matter how many people tell me to quit or that I shouldn't continue. I have confidence in my competitive instinct, it is one of my great strengths. I have not lost him and when he is gone, it will probably be the time to stop,

”he said during the last Wimbledon.

Despite a modest 156th place in the world, the winner of the 2016 edition has shown progress in recent weeks, as evidenced by his victory against Hubert Hurkacz, in the first round in Vienna.

His first against a top 10 member in over a year, and his success over Alexander Zverev in Cincinnati in August 2020.

Brooksby to start

But, for the time being, the Scots cannot manage to chain two consecutive victories.

This made him say in the Austrian capital after his defeat against the Spanish prodigy Carlos Alcaraz: “

I will not continue to lose in the second or third round of the tournaments.

I will improve and I will break through in a week, two weeks or a few months.

It will happen.

I feel that I am progressing.

I start to understand the trajectories a little earlier I react a little faster, which means that I will start to perform better on each ball. "

Confirmation expected this Monday evening against the US hope Jenson Brooksby, thirteen years his junior.

Source: lefigaro

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