Andy Murray has been ruled out of Wimbledon after undergoing back surgery on a spinal cyst.
The three-time Grand Slam winner retired injured in the first set of his second-round match against Jordan Thompson at Queen's Club on Wednesday. Murray had scans to determine the extent of the problem which left his right leg numb just before he came out to play Thompson, and they culminated in the Scot undergoing surgery on a spinal cyst on Saturday. He now faces around six weeks out, which also puts his participation in the Paris Olympics in serious doubt.
I had no coordination. Then, yeah, my right leg just was not working properly. 'In hindsight I wish I hadn't gone on there because it was pretty awkward for everyone. 'There is nothing I could do, and then there is part of you that wants to go out there and see if it gets better, you know, and maybe feel better with a bit of treatment or something, but that wasn't the case.
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