Nick Kyrgios says the bodily anguish Andy Murray put himself by means of to extend his tennis profession was “not price it” and that he deserved to retire “extra gracefully”.
The Scot, a three-time Grand Slam winner, retired in August following a straight-set defeat alongside Dan Evans within the Olympic males’s doubles quarter-finals.
Murray, 37, had main hip surgical procedure in 2018 and 2019 and the Scot was overtly speaking about retirement on the 2019 Australian Open.
He managed to play for an extra 5 years however didn’t make it previous the third spherical of any of the 4 majors.
Australian Kyrgios, who has not performed competitively since August 2023 amid his personal damage issues, says he has no plans to retire however is not going to put his physique by means of the identical turmoil as Murray did.
“I have a look at how Andy Murray’s doing it now, and the way Rafael [Nadal] goes out, I do not wish to be like that both. I do not wish to be form of crawling to the end line in a way,” Kyrgios mentioned on The Louis Theroux podcast.
“What Andy Murray’s achieved on this sport is second to mainly no-one… except you might be Novak [Djokovic], [Roger] Federer, or Nadal, like, the following particular person is Andy Murray.
“It is such as you’ve achieved every thing. You need to exit, I believe, a bit bit extra gracefully than he is achieved.
“I believe that the surgical procedures, the ache, it is simply not price it, in my view.”