Andy Murray

Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray joined Emma Raducanu through the exit door after a four-set defeat by John Isner.

He's a massive inspiration to each one of us in the locker room and we are so lucky to still have him around." "It was an incredible honour to play him on this court in front of this crowd. This was one of the biggest wins of my career," he added. 10 minutes after the resumption, so was the latest chapter in Murray's Wimbledon odyssey. "Like I said, I certainly didn't serve well enough at the beginning of the match, which I think is understandable. "If physically I'm in a good place, yeah, I will continue to play.

Two-time champion Andy Murray suffered his earliest ever exit from Wimbledon as he was beaten 6-4, 7-6 (4) 6-7 (3), 6-4 by an inspired John Isner in the ...

"If physically I'm in a good place, yeah, I will continue to play. It was touch and go kind of on the Wednesday, Thursday before the tournament in terms of how I was going to be. "It depends on how I am physically," he said. That's kind of what my goals are between now and the US Open." But I felt good physically on the court. The momentum was with Murray but Isner broke for 3-2.

Andy Murray suffered his earliest-ever defeat at Wimbledon on Wednesday, beaten 6-4, 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (3/7), 6-4 by big-serving John Isner in the second ...

His previous earliest exits came in the third round in 2005 and 2021. The British star has a stellar record at Wimbledon, winning the trophy in 2013 and 2016. The British two-time champion, 35, struggled to tame the giant American's serve, failing to break once in the match on Centre Court.

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I literally won a Slam,” Raducanu said. I guess I didn’t give him many opportunities to spin his web and get me tangled up in it. But he could not quite do that enough: Isner hit 36 aces — moving him four away from Ivo Karlovic’s total of 13,728, a record since the ATP began tracking that stat in 1991 — and delivered another 60 unreturned serves across the match’s nearly 3 1/2 hours. This was one of the biggest wins of my career.” Murray, who entered the day 8-0 against Isner, only managed to obtain two break points. It was an incredible honor to play him on this court, in front of this crowd,” said the 37-year-old Isner, who won the longest match in tennis history by a 70-68 score in the fifth set at Wimbledon in 2010 and reached the semifinals there in 2018. Like, it’s a joke. But I’m a Slam champion, so no one’s going to take that away from me. He lost that early twice, in his 2005 debut and in 2021. I had an incredible serving day and I needed every single bit of it to beat him.” If physically I feel good, we’ll try to keep playing. “It’s no secret that I am most definitely not a better tennis player than Andy Murray. I might have been just a little bit better than him today.

Andy Murray bows out in the Wimbledon second round after creating just two break points against John Isner. © Justin Setterfield/Getty Images.

But he stopped short of guaranteeing a return to Wimbledon next year. He has been particularly focussed on improving his Pepperstone ATP Ranking since he lost to World No. 1 Daniil Medvedev as an unseeded player at the Miami Open presented by Itau in March. But Isner's booming serve kept Murray's brilliance at bay, keeping points short and not allowing the Briton to sink his teeth into the match.

Andy Murray wanted to win Wimbledon but he crashed out in round two against John Isner who really annoyed him in this one 4-6 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 4-6.

The American blasted 38 aces and 81 winners to win the match in four sets. From there it was a rather easy ride to the finish line as Isner was relentless. The American was the more sturdy one in the 2nd one and he proved it in the tiebreak 7-4.

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"It was a great honour to play against him today. "This could be at the top, it is super special to everyone of us on tour. I need that to be working. Tonight I guess I was able to. "I might have just been a little better than him today. The age I'm at now, I need to relish these moments, this was one of the biggest wins of my career.

Andy Murray was defeated in four sets against America's big-server John Isner on Centre Court, straight after Emma Raducanu's exit at the hands of Caroline ...

By then Murray was shaking his head and not even bothering to run for some of Isner's drop shots. And when asked how he stayed strong and won the game, Isner joked: "I served..." And after a scorching 36 aces in this match, he could break Ivo Karlovic's all-time record of 13,728 at this tournament as he is now only four behind.

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(Henman was No. 5.) Now those numbers are four and seven on the men’s side, two and six on the women’s side (including both No. 11 players of the moment, Raducanu and Cameron Norrie). They have Murray at No. 52 after he ventured to No. 3 before his physiological ordeal of recent years, and he’s saying, “I really want to try and improve my ranking to a level where I’m getting seeded in Slams.” The war in Ukraine: As the tournament gets underway, Wimbledon’s Russia and Belarus ban leaves 16 of the top 100 on the outside. Wimbledon starts: The season’s third Grand Slam returns in full with big crowds, roars and a little rain. Those in the crowd did have enough mustard, though, another case of a tenor different from yore — less desperate, surer they can implore their players to victory. John Feinstein: “Statistics are overused, but a handful of Nadal’s numbers go beyond breathtaking. World No. 1 Iga Swiatek raced to a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Coco Gauff in 68 minutes to claim her second Grand Slam. A well-executed drop shot not only can take a player by surprise, it also can exploit a shaky vulnerability. Now they seem to play with hope above fear all around the grounds, and rather than feeling the brunt of whatever national pressure is left over after soccer hogs most of it, they share that brunt. I need that to be working.” Maybe it would be a later round before an on-court interviewer would ask Isner how he managed to keep his head when the fans around him were losing theirs, to which Isner replied, as follows: Being seeded would help avoid a seeded mainstay in his 54th major tournament as is Isner, even as Isner stood 0-8 against Murray coming in. And when Raducanu lost just before Murray, well, she did win that U.S. Open as an afterthought even amid her own nationality. I literally won a Slam.”

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"Not the result I came for, but my goodness I enjoyed that," she wrote on Instagram alongside a picture of herself waving to the crowd after the loss, adding, "I hope you did as well. The first round defeat came almost exactly one year after Williams suffered a hamstring tear that kept her from advancing past the first round. No," Murray said of whether he has what it takes when battling elite opponents.

Andy Murray remains determined to improving his ranking enough to be seeded at Grand Slams again after a “frustrating” Wimbledon defeat to John Isner.

“Physically I was not in a good place coming into the tournament last year. I felt like physically I was in a good place. “Then in the fourth set probably lost a game on my serve I shouldn't have, up 30-0. “When I had my opportunities, he served extremely well and didn't give me lots of chances. “If physically I'm in a good place, yeah, I will continue to play. Physically [if] I feel good, then we'll try to keep playing.

"I feel disappointed right now. Obviously I wanted to do well here. I love playing at Wimbledon, a surface that I feel like I can still compete with the best ...

"I really want to try and improve my ranking to a level where I'm getting seeded in slams," he said. "I was pretty angry after the US Open last year," he explained. "I was pretty angry after that match.

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“If physically I’m in a good place, yeah, I will continue to play. He said: “It was frustrating, and it didn’t help. I didn’t play well enough on those points tonight. “But I felt good physically on the court. “The positive is that physically I was fine during the matches. I was in a really good place physically and my game was in a good spot.