Andy Murray readies for 'back procedure' in quest to play Wimbledon
pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-murray/mc10/overview'Andy Murray/a will undergo a back procedure Saturday as he races the clock to be fit for a likely farewell appearance at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a./p
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The former World No. 1 retired from his second-round match against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jordan-thompson/tc61/overview'Jordan Thompson/a at Queenrsquo;s on Wednesday and acknowledged that he had been struggling with an ongoing back complaint. /p
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Murrayrsquo;s management team issued a statement Friday that read: ldquo;Andy is having a procedure on his back tomorrow. We will know more after this has taken place and will update further as soon as possible.rdquo; /p
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His brother a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jamie-murray/mc81/overview'Jamie Murray/a, who this week is serving as tournament director at the cinch Championships, told the BBC on Friday: "He saw a specialist yesterday evening and he's basically trying to decide what his next move is. /p
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"I don't think it's right for me to go into that personally, that's up to him, but I think he has got a few decisions to make. /p
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"It's obviously incredibly disappointing for him that this was potentially going to be his last Queen's, last a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a and Olympics, and there's a potential that that might not be able to happen. /p
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"I think he's got to make a few decisions, and see where he goes from there."/p
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Murray, 37, who is currently No. 129 in the PIF ATP Rankings, played his 1000th match in the first round of Queenrsquo;s earlier this week before retiring against Thompson on Wednesday. The 2016 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a champion is 6-12 on the year. Earlier in the year he missed almost two months after injuring his ankle in Miami. /p
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Murray is a two-time a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a champion, two-time Olympic champion, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a champion and a 14-time ATP Masters 1000 champion. He has won 46 singles titles during his career according to Infosys ATP Stats. /p
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