
In concert with his trainers and coaches, Murray has leaned into a data-informed approach to make his practice sessions-bursts of movement, sudden stops, ebbs and flows of intensity-reflect the workload of actual matches, rally by rally. They’re all essential.īut for Murray-who knows that another big injury could spell the end of his career-another trait may be even more important: efficiency. With his sights set on the Australian Open in January 2023 and beyond, Murray has adopted a new approach to training: extracting performance insights from his own athlete data.

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After his second procedure, he quipped on Instagram: “I now have a metal hip as you can see.”Īs Murray closes out the third full year of his comeback, the 35-year-old all-court player has crept back into the top 50 and picked up career win No. A year later, lingering pain led to rampant speculation about retirement and ultimately another surgery.

Andy Murray has been ranked as the world’s best men’s tennis player, reached eleven major finals, won three Grand Slam titles, and is the only player in history-male or female-to have won two Olympic gold medals in singles.īut he fell out of the top 100 in 2018 after surgery on his right hip limited his court time.
