Andy Murray is quietly making yet another tennis comeback at the moment, with tonight marking his latest match in the Bordeaux Challengers event.
Then, following on from that tournament, his attention will turn to the Geneva Open, before seeking to tackle one last Roland Garros alongside Rafael Nadal, another who will be retiring at some point this year.
It has been tough at times to watch Andy Murray struggle with injury after injury, and many feared that his latest, picked up in March, might be the final straw.
Yet he just continues to reappear, somehow, with enough energy and willpower to keep on battling.
Funnily enough, he is even continuing to innovate in an effort to keep progressing despite his age, with Murray’s new racquet one of the hottest topics in tennis at the moment.
Liam Broady offers key Andy Murray insight
Liam Broady, who shared the court both as a teammate in doubles and a competitor in singles on numerous occasions, has now sought to weigh in on this news.
Overseeing Tommy Paul’s clash with Hubert Hurkacz, he focused on the latter, whose Yonex racket Murray will be trialling in Bordeaux.
Speaking live on Sky Sports, the 30-year-old noted: ‘It’s an interesting one.
‘He doesn’t look like Andy Murray on the court when he’s using a Yonex racquet! I think he is using it to try and get more power on his shots from what I understand. The racquet he was using wasn’t as powerful as some of the Yonex ones are and he’s looking for a little bit more on the groundstrokes and the serve.’
More power could be just what Andy Murray needs
Murray has impressed in spells ever since returning to action in 2024, but in a situation that will surprise nobody, his body is not quite what it was.
An unrelenting hip issue, as well as visible issues with his ankles, have left his movement considerably hamstrung, and given what a key asset that used to be of his game, he suffers nowadays.
But his technical quality can never be overlooked, and that has emerged in very brief glimpses during wins over Matteo Berrettini in Miami and Denis Shapovalov in Dubai.
So, to potentially change to a Yonex, where power is the focal point, might help just add to that already immaculate technique which has served him well.
It could just paper over the cracks of his weakening physicality, and help him get over the line in these crucial matches as he looks to see out his career on top.