Andy Murray has struggled with his biggest career setback since his quarterfinal loss at Wimbledon last year. The Scot announced he was taking the rest of 2017 off to heal a hip injury, and eventually needed surgery.

He is now set to make make his comeback at Queen's Club, where he will take on Nick Kyrgios in the first round. While Murray admits to having dark thoughts through what has been the toughest challenge in his career, he is excited to finally be back on court nearly a full year later.

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Currently world No. 156, Murray didn't spend all that time off watching soap operas on the couch. In a BBC column, he described going through 6 to 8 hours of rehab every day since his surgery in January.

"Spending six to eight hours a day rehabbing and it is boring, not a whole lot of fun," he said. "Because I was also doing that before the surgery it had been like the best part of nine months that I had been doing that stuff, so it's frustrating and tiring at times."

On the bright side, the 31-year-old got to spend a lot of extra time with his young family. He had a few words to say to his fans after being away for so long:

Murray's first match back will be on Tuesday.

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Murray reveals rehab
routine ahead of
return in Queen's

Murray reveals rehab routine ahead of return in Queen's

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