I don't have long left but I'll do best I can

MURRAY'S ENTERING 'LAST FEW MONTHS'

-  Neil McLeman

ANDY MURRAY has dropped a big hint he will retire this summer by saying he is entering the "last few months" of his career.

The Scot, who turns 37 in May, won his 500th hard-court match after fighting back to beat Denis Denis Shapovalov in Dubai.

It second win in six events in 2024 and during his defeat in Qatar last week he told his coaching staff: "This game is not for me anymore."

The three-time Grand Slam winner said in December this could be his last - and he admitted he could have made his final Australian Open appearance last month.

Murray was Murray's said yesterday: "People read a lot into what I say on the court sometimes. It's rational, but not always everybody asks me about it all of the time anyway.