Jannik Sinner to applause: message to Andy Murray

Jannik Sinner sends a message to Andy Murray

Just hours after he was forced to forfeit before his long-awaited Toronto ATP round of 16 match against Jannik Sinner, Andy Murray received a message via Instagram from the very athlete from Alto Adige, who dedicated one of the day’s Instagram stories to him to wish him a speedy recovery from his injury.

“Wishing you a speedy recover, Andy Murray,” Sinner wrote, in English, posting an excerpt of the Scot’s interview at the microphones of ‘Tennis TV’ in which the latter explained to the fans his quitting, expressing his frustration and apologizing to the audience present.

“I can’t play tonight,” Murray had said during the brief interview, “I feel like I let the audience down. I’ve rarely been in a situation like this in my career. I feel terrible, it sucks.”

Sinner, who has reached the quarterfinals of an ATP tournament for the 11th time (eighth time at Masters 1000 level), will face Gael Monfils in the quarters: the French veteran is showing excellent form, so much so that he has eliminated Top 10 Stefanos Tsitsipas, as well as Aleksandar Vukic: four games previous, Sinner leads 3-1.