Andy having minor back surgery

RJA · Hall of fame

Andy having minor back surgery

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Hi RJA, is there a news report in this? What is the source?

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Hi, thanks for that, RJA, on the ball as normal.

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

Ah never mind, I've just read that it's Mr Harman on twitter.

The Magician Santoro · Top national player

Andy will drop to number 4 minimum now, may be out of top 4 by time australian open comes round

Armchair · County player

It's confirmed on the Beeb.
Alhough to my mind there really is no such thing as minor back surgery.
I hope everything is straightforward and Andy has a speedy and successful recovery.

Jan · Hall of fame

hmm I'm not really surprised, but we'll miss him, won't we? Hope it's successful and Andy is soon back on court.

Madeline · Admin:Moderator + Tennis Legend

Nasty. But it has been very obvious that his back was troubling him - close watchers can always see the signs. I just hope it is successful and he comes out fit and fighting next year.

Julia Carrot · All-time great

Oh my goodness ! But the timing is great. He's won Wimbledon and got us through the Davis Cup. He will probably have the very best of surgeons on the job and can enjoy time with Kim and the dogs recuperating. I hope he feels reasonably good about the decision. It must be a bit scary though.

steven · Tennis legend

Mike Dickson in the Mail has a fairly detailed report on this:

http://tinyurl.com/ndmov25

Perfect timing, I think, if it has to be done - and if this ends up making it less painful to play on clay, it will do his chances of being world no. 1 and GB's of winning Davis Cup a power of good!

john · Top national player

This has been known about in the press for days, but there has been an embargo so couldn't tell you.

Priesty · Challenger level

Not good news cry

as has been said he'll be much missed.Hope he can do something of a Nadal impersonation in 2014...

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Andy Murray ‏@andy_murray 3h

Thanks so much for all the nice messages today... Having operation on monday.. Will let everyone know how it goes.. I'll be "back" stronger

Helen40 · Grand Slam Champion

From Beeb website. Couldn't have said it better myself!

Jamie Baker, Murray's friend and former Davis Cup team-mate, said: "Andy does have a knack of always looking in pain, but this is something he feels is the right thing to do and we have to trust him.
"We can't underestimate how tough emotionally the last 12 months has been, so it's understandable if he's a little bit burned out, and this break will give him the best chance of picking up more major titles next year."

philwrig · Hall of fame

Having read about the procedure in my daily paper, it seems to be a straightforward minor keyhole op.
JT (aka John Terry) had the same procedure and was back playing within 8 weeks, so all things being equal, we should have a positive outcome.