Andy Murray has returned to training at Patrick Mouratoglou’s academy in France, almost three months since undergoing hip surgery.
The three-time Grand Slam champion has been targeting a comeback for the grass-court season in June, but his resumption of training will increase the possibility of an earlier return than expected.
“Andy Murray arrived on Friday night and will stay until at least the first week of April,” a member of the academy told AFP.
A video posted on Instagram showed Murray practising on a hard court at the academy near Nice with his coach Jamie Delgado, his fitness trainer, Matt Little, and his physio, Shane Annun.
The 30-year-old has not played competitively since a quarter-final defeat by Sam Querrey at Wimbledon last July, and has since slipped to 29th in the world rankings, losing his British No 1 ranking to Kyle Edmund.
In the video above, courtesy of Veronique Rarchaert, the Brit is seen on an outdoor hard court running through a drill which involves a deep ball followed by a short one, although Murray’s movement appears to be laboured.
Murray is working to a possible return to competitive action before the grass-court season with the new Loughborough Challenger a possible comeback on an indoor hard court, starting on May 19.
