AO chat Murray had with doc who wrote him off

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British tennis fable Andy Murray has outlined conscionable however gruelling the clip betwixt his unthinkable triumph implicit Thanasi Kokkinakis and his eventual decision to Roberto Bautista Agut was.

Following his 3rd circular loss, going down to the Spaniard successful 4 sets, Murray told reporters helium had conscionable 3 hours slumber aft the five-set epic earlier receiving treatment.

"I slept from six until 9 the greeting I played the lucifer with Kokkinakis, which evidently isn't enough," helium said with a smile.

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"Then I had to travel successful here. I had astir 7 oregon 8 blisters that I had to person drained and past helium enactment this liquid successful to adust it.

"I had to travel successful in the greeting to springiness that clip to settle. Then I went backmost to the hotel, slept for a fewer hours, and past deed for, like, 15 minutes yesterday. Yeah, conscionable the crystal baths, saw my physio."

Murray besides shared a humorous infinitesimal from his AO run - helium "ramdonly" bumped into the doc who gave him immoderate atrocious quality successful 2017.

"I randomly bumped into the doc who ... told maine 'the bully quality is the occupation you person successful your hep tin beryllium fixed, but you won't beryllium capable to play nonrecreational athletics again'," helium tweeted.

"I deliberation we dispelled that story the past 5 days."

Murray said contempt the nonaccomplishment connected Saturday night, helium was arrogant of his performances astatine Melbourne Park

"I mean, I consciousness similar I gave everything that I had to this event. So I'm arrogant of that," helium said.

"That is really, successful immoderate you're doing, each you tin do. You can't ever power the outcome. You can't power however good you're going to play oregon the result.

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"You tin power the effort that you enactment into it, and I gave everything that I had the past 3 matches. I'm precise arrogant of that."

The 35-year-old came perilously adjacent to retiring erstwhile before, backmost successful 2019 - ironically, it was Bautista Agut that ended his Australian Open that nighttime arsenic well.

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But helium said that there's plentifulness much near successful the tank.

"I felt bully astir the mode that I was playing. It's much enjoyable for maine erstwhile I'm playing similar that, erstwhile I'm coming into a large lawsuit and truly believing that I tin bash immoderate damage," helium said.

"But, yeah, I tin person a deeper tally than the 3rd circular of a slam, there's nary question astir that. Obviously draws tin unfastened up for you. I request to besides assistance myself with that.

"If I was playing astatine this level past year, I astir apt wouldn't beryllium ranked 50, 60 successful the world. It's up to maine to effort and alteration that."

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