Andy Murray and Tomas Berdych are not that far apart in terms of age. Nevertheless - while the Briton is doing his laps on the ATP tour again after several hip operations, the Czech had to say goodbye to the men's tour in 2019. The physical problems of the native Moravia, which also affected the hips and the lower back, had become too great.

Berdych was recently invited to Sky Sports alongside other famous tennis retirees (Mark Philippoussis and David Ferrer) and spoke about his rival, who was still playing: “I know him well. We have played together my entire career, so if that makes him happy and satisfied, he should keep going. "

"Would probably still play myself"

The Scot has a head-to-head with 11: 6 a clearly positive balance in direct encounters against the former world number four. In line with the end of Berdych's career, nothing will change in this regard. A big advantage of individual sport is that the career decision rests with everyone. "No matter what you feel or what you want to do, you do it."

"He knows that he currently doesn't have the opportunity to win a Grand Slam title, and he certainly isn't playing to make any more money - so it's just the love of the sport." When he feels like that the level that he currently has is sufficient, then he should continue playing: “Why not? I would probably still play myself if my hip and lumbar spine problems didn't bother me so much and I had a solution. "