Why Andy Murray and the others don't want to retire?

Andy Murray did not exist against Stan Wawrinka at Roland Garros.

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• Mats Wilander has publicly questioned the pursuit of Andy Murray's career.

• The Briton has not really recovered to his former level since his hip surgery.

• Like him, many in their thirties choose to prolong the pleasure despite poor performance.

At Roland-Garros,

What does the end of an athlete's career look like?

At what point does it become inevitable?

And above all, by what right, we, simple observers of the players in the game, should we decree it?

We were there in our parasitic thoughts watching Richard Gasquet fencing in the cool Tuesday evening on the court of Serres.

At 34, the Frenchman is still capable of pretty flashes.

He even clearly dominated Bautista-Agut in the first set, before losing him.

But, come to think of it, what would have changed to take the piece to the tie-break?

The 50th world no longer has the cash to hold an entire Grand Slam match, even if he tries to convince otherwise: "eight days in a hotel room in New York because of the Covid".

"A 10-day sciatica on arrival".

“It was complicated.

I'm out of tennis.

I had a sequence that was too difficult to be able to compete with a guy as strong as him ”.

Wilander's criticisms of Murray

Doesn't he miss the point?

We have been following him since we were a kid Richard, we were born the same year and we started the profession with him.

We know almost everything about his strengths and weaknesses, and we should be able to quote in full his Grand Slam career since 2005. Maybe that's why we can't bring ourselves to see him go through his last fires as an anonymous player, "who could have taken one or two sets against a much lower ranked player"?

Against a player of Bautista's caliber, it's over, and it will never come back.

So what's the point of continuing?

Regarding Gasquet, it does not move many people, apart from us.

But when it comes to Murray, it's the tennis world that is all turned upside down.

The arsonist?

Mats Wilander, who lit the fuse on Eurosport after the elimination of Bitannic without a fight against Wawrinka:

“I'm still a little disappointed.

Does he have the right to be at Roland Garros to do that.

I did it in my day and I shouldn't have.

This is the biggest mistake I made in my career ”.

I think Murray needs to stop thinking about himself and start thinking about who he was.

By giving us all hope while playing it is not fair.

I love that he's back and he's trying.

I just hope he understands why.

It is always difficult to stop ”.

Words that caused a mess in the middle.

We pass you the comments of each other, to add that Wilander has not wavered in the

: "But why does he persist in playing?

We've all been through those two or three years where we don't really care what we do.

It happened to me.

It happened to John McEnroe, to Björn Borg, to Boris Becker.

I feel like saying, “Andy, change something! Or don't change anything. But, in this case, don't come on court.” He was the best player in the world.

I don't want him to stop.

But he doesn't show us any of the emotions that have run through him throughout his career.

The day before yesterday, I saw a wall painted without paint, without color.

And I don't like it ”.

Just read what Wilander said about @andy_murray .... shut up Mats, no one cares.

Muzz, just know that how ever long you stay, we all appreciate and enjoy your tennis and banter.

Also I've never watched a point of Mats Wilander.

😂🤦🏽‍♂️

- Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) September 28, 2020

Who imagines Nadal coming to Roland for the form?

Whether we agree with him or not, the Swede lifts a hare.

At one point, you have to know how to leave.

And when your name is Andy Murray, you've won three Grand Slams, and been world number 1, you don't go out the back door.

Who imagines Nadal lining up at Porte d'Auteuil without having a reasonable chance of winning the tournament?

No one.

Who can conceive of a Serena showing up to 40 banks soon without being able to get his hands on that damn 24th Grand Slam?

Itou.

Basically, shouldn't Murray have stopped as a hero at the 2019 Australian Open, after a Homeric battle against Bautista, again him, rather than attempting the last-ditch hip operation and coming back? by being half the player he was?

We ask the question to PHM, who knows a lot about a delicate comeback after an almost permanent injury.

“We always have a Damocles sword on our heads, we are always afraid of this famous injury that can happen.

There are a lot of athletes who do not want to stop with an injury and decide for themselves when it is the right moment, and that we cannot judge.

No one can decide for Murray after what he has endured to come back ”.

The desire not to let the scars of the body decide, we understand, as we understand Tsonga who wants at all costs to come back despite a nasty injury to the pelvis, in

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“In my head, for now, there is no question of stopping.

Even less question of giving up!

For me, today, that would mean giving up and that's not how I want to stop my career.

I'll do anything to make sure it doesn't end like this.

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But after that, once we come back and fight like crazy to get a Grand Slam or two laps, what's the plan?

Hot after his loss to Wawrinka, Murray also seemed to be looking for the answer.

“I don't know, I just got off the court.

I have to think about it.

I don't think that's the kind of game you can rule out without thinking about it afterwards.

Scoring-wise I could be wrong, but it was probably the worst defeat of my Grand Slam career.

So I have to try to understand this score.

Again, on a physical level, I cannot expect to be the same as before my operation.

But in terms of hitting the ball, in terms of my shots, there's no reason I can't, technically.

So, of course, to tell you that I could play at the same level, I am 33 years old, whereas I was number 1, it is a difficult question, but I will continue, I will maintain myself ”.

Note that the British colleagues kept their usual restraint when unleashing the blows.

No one said the word retirement, we just walked around with the respectful distance that befits the great men of the past.

For Paul-Henri Mathieu, we always tend to hide the love that guys have for the game, apart from any performance objective.

“No one can judge the deep conviction of a player to want to relive his passion.

Murray gave himself a chance to re-experience sensations that cannot be found elsewhere, knowing he will never be able to win a Grand Slam again.

If he feels good and gives himself that goal, we can't judge.

If not on that account, they say that it was useless for me to come back because I only made 50th when I was 12th in the world at the peak of my form?

And Robredo, who comes to compete in qualifying at 40, doesn't he have the right either?

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Before him, David Ferrer

We had missed Robredo, but we clearly remember having already experienced this strange feeling in front of David Ferrer in 2017. The poor man was no longer moving and we went to pick him up after an incomprehensible defeat against his compatriot Feliciano Lopez, who had to win three games on earth in his life.

The Spaniard didn't see the problem: “It wasn't a bad match and I'm already playing a little better than a few weeks ago, even if today I did with the means at hand.

I will continue as long as I can, and when I can more, I will do something else ”.

The truth came to him a year later in Hamburg: “I had just lost to a young player and when I came back to my hotel room I was alone and it was hard.

I was not at the level I wanted.

That's when I made the decision to stop playing tennis ”.

Time to prepare a nice farewell dinner at his home in Madrid.

Because if you have to be clear-headed to stop, you also have to dress up for the day of the divorce.

Pauline Parmentier was somewhat apprehensive about her latest Roland given the context of the moment.

She hoped for the Central, before having to settle for short 14.

"I don't have a lot left"

“Frankly, when I left there, I thought to myself: a little harsh.

And then I saw everyone who was there.

I said to myself: "I don't need more, I have the people I love, those who are there are there for me and who want to share this with me".

It was very good ".

Benneteau, Mauresmo, Champion, Cherret, Dechaume, Dechy, Patience, and many others, had reserved their evening for Pauline.

They will do the same for Gasquet, when the latter is ready.

Not immediately: “It's Roland-Garros, I still want to play.

I know I don't have a lot left either ”.

There will always be the Legends tournament, Richard, we must not despair.

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