Wimbledon news LIVE: Andy Murray injury update and latest build-up to 2024 tournament

Murray is scheduled to play his opening match on Tuesday but still faces a race against time to be fit for what is expected to be his final Wimbledon

Andy Murray unsure of readiness for Wimbledon after back injury at Queen's

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Andy Murray will make a decision on whether to play singles at Wimbledon on Monday evening ahead of what are expected to be his final Championships, but revealed he still does not have “100 per cent feeling” in his right leg after undergoing an operation to remove a spinal cyst last weekend.

The former world No 1 is not ruling out playing on Centre Court against Tomas Machac on Tuesday and says he will make a decision after his final practice session. Murray wants to “feel the buzz” on Centre Court for one last time and have some “closure” before ending his career.

Emma Raducanu will play 22nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the first round on Monday as the former US Open champion returns to SW19 after missing last year due to injury. Novak Djokovic is seeded second as the 37-year-old attempts to win Wimbledon for a record eighth time following a five-set defeat to Carlos Alcaraz in a thrilling men’s final last year.

Follow all the latest build-up to Wimbledon in today’s live blog

Wimbledon 2024 news and latest build-up

• Wimbledon build-up continues with tournament media days
• Andy Murray arrives at practice courts following back operation
• Murray reveals Wimbledon decision deadline ahead of last Championships
• Murray admits to Wimbledon ‘risk’ after issuing injury update
• Murray drawn to face Tomas Machac in opening round on Tuesday
• The 37-year-old also has a wildcard with brother Jamie for doubles
• Emma Raducanu returns to Wimbledon ahead of facing Tatjana Maria
• Raducanu in action on opening day of Wimbledon as order of play released

[30 June 2024 22:00 · Jamie Braidwood]

Wimbledon order of play and Monday’s schedule

Emma Raducanu returns to Wimbledon as defending men’s champion Carlos Alcaraz opens play on the first day of the Championships on Monday.

Raducanu missed last year’s Wimbledon after undergoing surgery on both wrists and an ankle but has showed glimpses of form this grass-court season, including the first top-10 win of her career against Jessica Pegula at Eastbourne.

The former US Open champion has taken a wildcard ahead of her first Wimbledon match in two years and meets Russian 22nd seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the first round. Alexandrova reached the Wimbledon fourth round last year and could be a tough opponent.

Elsewhere, Alcaraz will open play on Centre Court against qualifier Mark Lajal, the World 262. Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic to win his first Wimbledon title last year and has since added a third grand slam of his career at the French Open last month.

Jannik Sinner, Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka are among the other stars involved on the first Monday of the tournament, while British wildcard Charles Broom has landed a big-name opponent against three-time grand slam champion Stan Wawrinka.

Here’s Monday’s order of play and schedule ahead of Wimbledon

[30 June 2024 16:24 · Jamie Braidwood]

Andy Murray reveals Wimbledon decision deadline ahead of final tournament

Andy Murray will make a decision on whether to play singles at Wimbledon on Monday evening ahead of what are expected to be his final Championships, but revealed he still does not have “100 per cent feeling” in his right leg after undergoing an operation to remove a spinal cyst last weekend.

The two-time Wimbledon champion is scheduled to face Tomas Machac in the first round on Tuesday and although the 37-year-old says his condition is “getting better every day”, Murray confirmed there is a risk the wound in his back reopens by returning to competitive action so soon after surgery.

Murray is determined to appear at Wimbledon one more time before retiring and has received a wildcard to play doubles with his brother Jamie, which is less demanding physically. The doubles competition starts later in the week and would allow Murray to bid farewell to Wimbledon if he is not fit enough for singles.

But the former world No 1 is not ruling out playing on Centre Court on Tuesday and says he will make a decision after his final practice session. Murray wants to “feel the buzz” on Centre Court for one last time and have some “closure” before ending his career.

[1 July 2024 00:00 · Jamie Braidwood]

Wimbledon order of play - Monday 1 July

CENTRE COURT - SHOW COURT - 13:30 START

Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) [3] vs Mark Lajal (EST) 1

Ekaterina Alexandrova [22] vs Emma Raducanu (GBR) 2

Caroline Dolehide (USA) vs Coco Gauff (USA) [2] 3

No.1 COURT - SHOW COURT - 13:00 START

Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) vs Daniil Medvedev [5] 1

Emina Bektas (USA) vs Aryna Sabalenka [3] 2

Jannik Sinner (ITA) [1] vs Yannick Hanfmann (GER) 3

For the full order of play, click here

[30 June 2024 23:00 · Jamie Braidwood]

What is Monday’s TV schedule?

10:30-12:15 - Live coverage - BBC Two

11:00-21:00 - Live coverage of outside courts - BBC Red Button

12:15-13:00 - Live coverage - BBC One

13:00-21:00 - Live coverage - BBC Two

14:00-18:00 - Live coverage - BBC One

21:00-22:00 - Today at Wimbledon - BBC Two

[30 June 2024 20:30 · Jamie Braidwood]

Andy Murray on avoiding another ‘awkward’ retirement video

“I don’t know what the right thing is. I know obviously what happened in Australia a few years ago was a bit awkward.

“It’s different this time.”

(PA Wire)

[30 June 2024 20:00 · Jamie Braidwood]

Andy Murray admits to Wimbledon ‘risk’ after issuing injury update

Andy Murray admitted he is taking a “risk” by attempting to play at Wimbledon just a week after undergoing an operation on his back, and said he still needs to see improvements with his movement if he is to feature at what are expected to be his final Championships.

Murray, 37, is scheduled to face Tomas Machac in the singles on Tuesday and made his first appearance at the Aorangi practice courts on Saturday afternoon. The two-time Wimbledon champion hit serves, returns, groundstrokes and did sprinting drills in a session that lasted an hour but his movement was slow and heavy.

Murray confirmed as much afterwards and admitted he did not know if he will be ready to compete by Tuesday, with his match set to be scheduled in the evening. “I need to be able to move properly, which I can’t yet, so let’s see in 48 hours or so,” Murray said. “I don’t know - tough to know how it’s going to progress, really.”

[30 June 2024 19:30 · Jamie Braidwood]

Andy Murray on how his condition has improved since Queen’s after operation

“I have no back pain, which is obviously really good. But the nature of the problem that I had was, yeah, I had quite a large cyst, which was squashing, compressing my nerves, which then obviously lost not all but a lot of control in my right leg.

“That is getting better. But it’s kind of like if you sleep on your arm funny, you wake up and you’ve got a dead arm. It’s kind of like that feeling. But it goes on for a lot longer because the nerve has been kind of squashed and a little bit damaged for a number of days. How long that takes to regain its full sort of function again is impossible to say. For some people it takes months; for some people it’s weeks.

“So, yeah, I don’t know exactly how long it’s going to take. But all of the work that we’re doing, the testing we’re doing, is improving every single day with the training and the practicing. It’s not like I’m playing tennis and it’s taking a step backwards. It’s been getting better every day. I’m hopeful that that continues and it’s going to be enough to be on the court on Tuesday.”

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[30 June 2024 19:00 · Jamie Braidwood]

Dan Evans grateful for another chance at Wimbledon as he considers his future

Dan Evans admits he has been thinking about a future after tennis but is grateful to have another shot at Wimbledon.

The 34-year-old feared the worst when he injured his knee in a fall at Queen’s Club last week, but tests showed only a strain and he is confident of taking to the court for a first-round clash against 24th seed Alejandro Tabilo on Tuesday.

[30 June 2024 18:30 · Jamie Braidwood]

Andy Murray hopeful he can play doubles at Wimbledon

“Each day it becomes more and more likely that I’ll be able to play properly. Obviously with doubles, although you’re covering less distance and less court, you still need to be able to move pretty explosively.

“Yeah, if I keep progressing like I have been for the next three, four days, before the doubles starts, then... I played a set today against a good player. Was playing well. Hitting the ball well. Did absolutely fine.

“I’m hoping that, yeah, with each day that passes that the likelihood of me being able to play will increase. Yeah, I mean, it’s impossible for me to say because I also want to go out there, like I said, and be able to play to a level that I’m happy with. I don’t want to be in a situation like at Queen’s. I don’t want to go on the court and, yeah, it to be awkward or not be able to at least be competitive.

“Yeah, I mean, I spoke to my brother about that. I’ve obviously spoken to my team about that. We’re all aware of the situation.”

Andy Murray gives an interview at Wimbledon on Sunday (Mike Egerton/PA) (PA Wire)

[30 June 2024 18:00 · Jamie Braidwood]

Jack Draper admits he has been ‘motivated’ by Carlos Alcaraz’s Wimbledon triumph

A year ago Jack Draper sat on his sofa watching near contemporary Carlos Alcaraz lift the Wimbledon title and plotting his way to the top.

A shoulder injury was the latest and most painful physical problem for Draper, forcing him to miss the whole grass-court season and dropping his ranking back outside the top 100.