Murray battles for Wimbledon fitness

LONDON, United Kingdom — Andy Murray expects to compete at Wimbledon next week, but the two-time champion admits his return from hip surgery is still a work in progress.

Murray has played just three matches since making his comeback last week after 11 months on the sidelines.

The 31-year-old, whose ranking has dropped to 156, had an operation on his right hip in January and only returned to action on June 18 when he was beaten by Nick Kyrgios at Queen’s Club.

Murray saw off Stan Wawrinka at Eastbourne on Monday, but lost to Kyle Edmund on Wednesday.

Despite his lack of match practice, the former world number one has opted to give it a go at Wimbledon, where he struggled badly with the hip problem during his quarterfinal defeat to Sam Querrey 12 months ago.

Murray, due to face France’s Benoit Paire in the first round, was out on the All-England Club practice courts on Saturday and insisted he was generally pleased with his return to action.

“Yeah, unless in the next couple of days I wake up and don’t feel good. I mean, through all of this, I have to view it very much day by day, just as a process,” Murray told a press conference when asked if he had finally decided to play at Wimbledon.