Tennis great, Andy Murray, was forced to retire from the Italian Open thanks to a persistent hip injury that kept him from playing his best.
Murray was playing against Spain’s Marcel Granollers and was finally gaining momentum before he was forced to quit the game thank to his injury. Since Murray was unable to complete the game, Granollers won by default. Murray’s exit from the game came as a total surprise to fans watching the game in Rome.
To make matters worse, this all happened on Andy Murray’s 26th birthday! Playing games on his birthday seem to be bad luck since the only other time he has been forced to retire a game was on his 20th birthday when he snapped a tendon in his wrist at the Hamburg Masters.