Updated On: 23 September, 2019 10:15 AM IST | Zhuhai | AFP
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Andy Murray
Zhuhai (China): Andy Murray said yesterday it would be "naive" and "silly" to think he will ever return to being the player that surged to number one in the world. Murray, 32, a three-time Grand Slam champion, is on a long comeback trail after undergoing career-saving hip resurfacing surgery in January. He is now free of pain, and this week will compete at the Zhuhai Championships — the first of three tournaments he is scheduled to play in China in the next three weeks.
Murray believes this crucial period in his rehabilitation will provide some answers as to how good he can be again — but is under no illusions about the longer term. "Honestly, I'm not expecting to get back to my very best," Murray, now ranked 413 in the world said. "I think it would be probably a bit naive and silly to think that would be the case.