Wimbledon 2018: Andy Murray aiming to make his return from hip injury in time for US Open

Murray has been out of action for 11 months following hip surgery and made a return last month at Queen's and Eastbourne

Judy Murray revealed Andy Murray will set his sights on being ready for the hardcourt season after his withdrawal from Wimbledon.

Murray has been out of action for 11 months following hip surgery and made a return last month at Queen's and Eastbourne.

But Wimbledon has come just too soon, with the 31-year-old unsure his body can cope with a five-set match at this point.

Judy Murray told BBC Breakfast "Playing best of three sets is very different to best of five sets and of course you wouldn't want to put yourself into a situation where you couldn't complete the match or you won the first match but were not able to complete the next match.

"He's been out of the game for 11 months and it's all very new and you don't know how your body is going to react. It's not even how your body is reacting during the match, it's how you are the day after.

"After playing the two events and then practising to get ready, he just felt he wasn't ready for five sets just yet. The progress is all good but it's back to the drawing board and build up towards the hardcourt season.”

Wimbledon chief executive Richard Lewis has spoken of his disappointment at Andy Murray's absence from the tournament.

The 2013 and 2016 champion pulled out on the eve of the championships on Sunday after deciding best-of-five-set tennis would be too much at this stage of his comeback from hip surgery.

Lewis said: "We feel for Andy. It's tough for him personally. Obviously he's been playing some decent tennis the last couple of weeks and he must have been very close to playing.

"But I think he'd be the first to say the championships is about more than one player and there's lots of great players in the ladies' singles and men's singles. Obviously it's disappointing but the show goes on and I'm sure we're still going to have a great championships.

"We wish him well and I hope a year from now we're all talking about what a great decision he made and he's 100 per cent fit and towards the top of the rankings and playing great tennis."