The champion cut an awkward, pained figure on Centre Court on day when the All England Club’s quiet grandeur was an expression of something unshakeable
And breathe again. Public concern at the state of Andy Murray’s hip injury has been a prominent note in the build-up to Wimbledon this summer. Pray for Andy, one newspaper urged on the eve of the championships, calling for a collective effort of psychic will to ease that troubling joint, save the British summer and all the rest of it.
In the event Murray cut an awkward, pained figure through his two hours on Centre Court, dragging those bulked-up ankles across the turf like a pedigree shire horse, wincing up at his coach and apparently in a state of continual sulky discomfort. So no change there then. The good news is: Andy’s back. And he still looks an awful lot like Andy.
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