Former world No. 1 Andy Murray has announced he has undergone a “successful” right hip surgery in Melbourne.
The Scot has been sidelined with hip problems since Wimbledon last July.
Murray flew from Abu Dhabi — where he was practicing and played an exhibition set at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship — to Brisbane 10 days ago with the intention to start his 2018 season there but pulled out of the tournament. He then announced he would be missing the Australian Open before revealing he had surgery on Monday.
“Today I underwent successful right hip surgery at the St Vincent Hospital in Melbourne,” Murray said in a post on his Facebook page.
“I’d like to thank Dr John O’Donnell and all of the staff for looking after me. I look forward to returning to competitive tennis during the grass court season. Thanks to everyone for all the well wishes and support over the last few days. I’ll comeback from this.”
Murray had revealed the extent of his struggle with hip injury in an emotional Instagram post last week.
“The little kid inside me just wants to play tennis and Compete,” he said in that post on his social media. “I genuinely miss it so much and I would give anything to be back out there.
“I wanted to keep everyone in the loop and get this off my chest as it’s really hurting inside.”
