LONDON – As another Wimbledon gets underway, a collection of comments leading into the granddaddy of all tennis tournaments:
“What am I looking to get from it? Well, the opportunity to play here again. I mean, for the last time, yeah, that's kind of it. This is a place that's obviously been really good to me over the years. I guess the last few years you've had, I don't know, like Serena finished playing, Roger finished playing, and Rafa obviously has spoken a lot recently about the struggles he's gone through. Everyone has their idea of how they want to finish their career, how they would want it to go.
My idea of that would be, I probably would have seen that happening probably at Wimbledon. Obviously I have the Olympics coming up. But I would love the opportunity to play here one more time. That's what I'm looking to get out of it. Whether afterwards I feel like it was the right thing to do or not, I don't know. But right now I feel like I want that opportunity.”
SIR ANDY MURRAY, a two-time Wimbledon singles champion, on his potential last hurrah at the All England Club
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“I think a lot of people when they think of tennis, they think of Wimbledon. Personally, whenever I go there, I think it's really beautiful. I just have never played well there, but I'm hoping that can change. Honestly, one of the biggest reasons that I came back is because I want to win the French Open and Wimbledon. So I'm kind of at a point where I'm willing to do whatever it takes.