In late May, with most of the world’s best tennis players focused on the red clay at the French Open, Sir Andy Murray was 300 miles away on the other side of the English Channel, dialed in on preparations for the grass at Wimbledon. But then his wife, Kim Sears, had to head up to Scotland for a few days to handle some business at the hotel she and Murray own. It’s all part of the next phase of Murray’s quixotic, late-career quest to finish his journey on his terms, metal hip and all. Maybe that means somehow recapturing the magic of 10 years ago, when he became the first British man in 77 years to win the most important title in his sport. Maybe it’s simply cracking the top 30 or 20 once more, proving wrong all the doctors and doubters who called him foolish for entertaining a future in professional tennis after hip resurfacing surgery in 2019.

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Persons: Sir Andy Murray, Kim Sears, Murray, quixotic, doubters Locations: Scotland, Roehampton