Andy Murray is out of Wimbledon as the 10-year anniversary of his first SW19 success ended in disappointment, with the two-time champion unable to answer whether or not he'll ever play at the tournament again.
Having returned to finish his second round match against fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas holding a two sets to one lead, the two-time champion lost the fourth set on a tie break before going down 6-4 in the fifth.
Greek star Tsitsipas, a two-time Grand Slam finalist who reached the final of the Australian Open earlier this year, won the match 7-6, 6-7, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 to leave the vast majority of fans on Centre Court disappointed 10 years to the day of the first of Murray's two Wimbledon tournament wins.
When questioned on whether this was his final Wimbledon, Murray said: “I don't know. Yeah, motivation is obviously a big thing. Continuing having early losses in tournaments like this don't necessarily help with that.
“It's similar to I guess last year. I had a long think about things, spoke to my family and I decided to keep on going.
“I don't plan to stop right now. But, yeah, this one will take a little while to get over. Hopefully find the motivation again to keep training, keep pushing, try and keep getting better.”
Tsitsipas said: “It’s never easy against Andy. It was a very difficult game, I’m very impressed the way he holds up having been so many years on the tour, having had two hip surgeries. I was very impressed with his level and I wish him the best.
“It was nerve-racing. I had to overcome it. It’s difficult when you’ve grown up watching him play on this court. I looked up to him, I looked up to him, Novak, Roger and Rafa. These four guys shaped the game and they’re the reason I’m the player I am today.
“I had to work extra hard today to get that victory. My legs are sore right now. He made me run left and right, up and down.”
British number one Cameron Norrie has also lost his second-round match at Wimbledon to American world number 43 Chris Eubanks.
Norrie, a semi-finalist last year, went down 6-3 3-6 6-2 7-6 (3) on Court One.
n a heavyweight start to the contest, the first 20 points all went with serve including nine aces, seven from the arm of Eubanks.
And it was the world number 43 who landed the first blow, breaking Norrie to love on his way to taking the opening set.
Norrie, the 12th seed and a semi-finalist last year, had barely laid a glove on his opponent, winning just three points on the Eubanks serve.
But the South-African-born southpaw hauled himself off the canvas and secured an early break in the second set to level the match.
However, Norrie has looked ring-rusty in recent months and Eubanks, a grass-court title-winner in Mallorca in June, took advantage by breaking twice for the third set.
Eubanks dropped his guard in the fourth, losing his serve to love, but he hit back for 4-4 to leave Norrie on the ropes.
Norrie survived a match point on serve when a Eubanks forehand thudded into the net.
But Eubanks was too strong in the tie-break, a quick one-two of a booming forehand and delicate volley leaving Norrie out for the count.
