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Murray, 30, had decided to sit out for the rest of the season with a hip injury.



He said in a statement: “Unfortunately, I won’t be able to compete in the upcoming events in Beijing and Shanghai, and most likely the final two events to finish the season in Vienna and Paris due to my hip injury which has been bothering me the last few months.” UPDATE: BIG CLUE EMERGES ONLINE THAT ANDY MURRAY COULD PLAY IN PARIS Andy Murray has not played since his defeat against Sam Querrey at Wimbledon but his name is on a list of players due to compete at the Paris Masters.



On the 'who is playing' section of the official ATP site, Murray's name features alongside Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev to those who are interested in buying tickets.



Marin Cilic, Dominic Thiem, Grigor Dimitrov and Pablo Carreno Busta are also listed - although other players who have definitely ruled themselves aren't there.

GETTY Andy Murray has been out for months with an elbow injury

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Those include Novak Djokovic, Nick Kyrgios, Tomas Berdych and Stan Wawrinka who have all announced their seasons over.



It is highly likely Murray's inclusion is a mistake, or that he hasn't been removed from a preliminary list - although he had pledged to return in November for an exhibition match against Federer in Glasgow.



Murray is the reigning champion in Paris, an ATP Masters 1000 event, after beating Fernando Verdasco in the final last year.



On when he would return, Murray said: "I will be beginning my 2018 season in Brisbane in preparation for the Australian Open and I’m looking forward to playing in Glasgow later this year against Roger [Federer] for Unicef UK and Sunny-sid3up.



"I have a fantastic team working alongside me to help me through this process and appreciate the support from them and all of my fans over this difficult period.”

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