Defeated Murray holds out hope for Wimbledon return

Andy Murray suffered a Wimbledon body blow on Friday as he crashed out of the second round  7-6 (3), 6-7 (2), 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 to Stefanos Tsitsipas – but the fighting Scot remains confident he’ll be back.

The two-time winner (2013 and 2016) battled for four and a half hours over two days before falling to the Greek fifth seed.

But despite his massive disappointment, the 36-year-old assures that he plans to carry on once the pain of the loss subsides.

“I’m obviously very disappointed just now.. obviously you never know how many opportunities you’re going to get to play here

“The defeat is maybe a bit tougher. But to be honest, every year where Wimbledon’s not gone how I would like, it’s been hard.”

The former No. 1 added: “Ultimately this was an opportunity for me. I had a good chance of having a proper run for the first time in a long time at a Slam. 

“I didn’t take it. It’s very, very disappointing to be sitting here right now.”

Murray gave indications that he is planning a return to the event which made his reputation.

“Motivation is obviously a big thing. Continuing to have early losses in tournaments like this doesn’t necessarily help.

“Last year I had a long think about things, spoke to my family, decided to keep on going.

“I don’t plan to stop right now. But, yeah, this one will take a little while to get over. Hopefully I’ll find the motivation again to keep training, keep pushing, try and keep getting better.”