Andy Murray thrilled his home crowd in July when he became the first British man in 77 years to win the Wimbledon singles title.
But Murray will most likely miss the second highest profile tennis event in Britain — the year-end championships in November — after choosing to undergo surgery for a lingering back injury.
The 26-year-old Scot has had back issues in spurts throughout his career and was forced to pull out of the French Open in May prior to his historic fortnight at the All England Club.
His withdrawal in Paris marked the first time since the 2007 clay-court tournament in France that Murray had skipped one of tennis’ four majors. That year, he hurt his wrist.
Murray exited earlier than expected at two U.S. Open warm-up tournaments and was then upset by Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets in the quarterfinals in New York this month as the defending champion, CNN informs.
