Brit ace looked comfortable but was hobbling as he targets a return to competitive tennis at Wimbledon this summer
ANDY MURRAY was spotted leaving the clinic as he walked with a minor limp following the hip surgery that forced him out of the Australian Open.
The British ace, 30, looked as comfortable you could expect after going under the knife, as he strolled out of his latest rehabilitation session.
Murray spent two hours at a spinal and sports clinic on Tuesday morning, before hitting the gym, where he endured a cardio workout on the cross-trainer.
While the Scot looked fairly comfortable, he was moving with something of a limp - as he targets a return to competitive tennis in the summer.
Murray is hoping to obtain a protected world ranking of No2 in order to receive entry into this summer's Wimbledon.
The Dunblane star's prolonged absence through injury have seen him slip to No19 in the world, with that slide looking to continue during his rehab.
With his place in the biggest tournament of the season in jeopardy, Murray is hoping Wimbledon officials will grant him special access - in what would be one of his first tournaments in nearly a year.
Murray underwent surgery in Melbourne earlier this month having been hampered with the niggle since last summer.
Following his surgery, Murray announced on Facebook: “Today I underwent successful right hip surgery at the St Vincent Hospital in Melbourne.
“I look forward to returning to competitive tennis during the grass court season. Thanks to everyone for all the well wishes and support over the last few days.
“I'll come back from this.”
The positive-sounding Murray has been down for a long time, following months of rest and rehabilitation which failed to improve the condition of his right hip enough for him to play competitively.
Murray, though, revealed he is now very confident about the future, saying: “I'm very optimistic because, having spoken to the surgeon after he did the surgery, he was very happy about how it went.
“He felt that my hip will be feeling better than it did a year ago and, obviously, I was still doing fine a year ago, I was ranked No1 in the world.
“Moving forward I'll certainly be playing a reduced schedule, and then focusing more on trying to win major events and big tournaments rather than trying to achieve certain ranking goals.
“I made the quarter-finals at Wimbledon when I literally couldn't walk and was in so much pain.
“So if I can get myself to 95 per cent of my best I believe that's enough to compete at the highest level. No question.
“I'm not finished playing tennis yet. The rest of my body feels fantastic. I feel really good physically now apart from this one issue.
“I think I'm going to be back on the court competing at the highest level again.”
Things are looking good for Murray recently too, as he shared his rehab on social media, showing off a gruelling mix of cardio and weights as he bids to be back in time for Wimbledon this summer.
