Murray unsure about severity of abdomen problem

"Not something I've had before. I'll need to get it checked when I get home," Murray said.

(Reuters) - Andy Murray said he is unsure about the severity of the abdomen issue which hampered him in Sunday s Stuttgart Open final, with the Briton hoping it does not affect his preparations for Wimbledon later this month.

The three-times Grand Slam winner s movement was increasingly restricted as the match against Matteo Berrettini wore on and he needed to call on the physiotherapist twice to receive treatment court-side before losing 6-4 5-7 6-3.

"I got some pain in my abdomen when I was serving," Murray, who has endured long injury lay-offs in recent years due to hip surgeries, told reporters after Sunday s final.

"Not something I ve had before. I ll need to get it checked when I get home."

"This is the most matches I ve played in two weeks since probably 2016. That s a really long time. It s probably normal that I would feel some stuff in my body but I don t really know the severity of it. Hopefully it s all right."

Murray, whose last Tour title came in 2019 in Antwerp, said it was a frustrating way to end the tournament.

"I felt like I was playing well enough to win and I got myself in a really good position going into the third set so a frustrating end to what was a good week," he added.

The 35-year-old Scot last won a title on grass at Wimbledon in 2016, and will be looking to recover from the issue before the grasscourt Grand Slam begins on June 27.