Andy Murray will not be in Paris and will reappear in Queens

Andy Murray, who turned 34 on Saturday, will not be at Roland Garros this year. The Briton, who has only played three ATP singles matches this year, one in Montpellier and two in Marseille between the end of February and the beginning of March, has decided not to participate this year in the gravel campaign and, therefore, to renounce the Grand Slam in Paris. He was also absent from the Australian Open and his debut in 2021 was at a Challenger, in Biella (Italy), where he reached the final and lost it against the Ukrainian Ilya Marchenko.

Murray wants to prepare well for the grass season with a view to doing a good job at WimbledonTherefore, in principle, a 500 that has won five times will reappear in Queens from June 14 to 20. This week it was tested on clay, but in the doubles draw of the Masters 1,000 Rome together with his partner Liam Broady (they fell in the second round).

The Scotsman, former world number one, decided to reject the invitation that the ATP 250 Geneva had granted him to play next week. The event in which Roger Federer will reappear, who could meet Pablo Andújar in the second round, if the Spanish defeats Australian Jordan Thompson on Monday. In 2020, Murray fell in the first round of Roland Garros against Stan Wawrinka and his best result in the Parisian event was the 2016 final that he lost against Novak Djokovic.