By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Thursday, July 25, 2024
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Andy Murray’s tennis farewell will be confined to the doubles court.
Two-time Olympic gold-medal champion Murray withdrew from the Paris Olympic Games singles draw, but still plans to play doubles alongside compatriot Dan Evans.
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Earlier this week, Murray announced the Olympics will be his final professional event.
Andy Murray, who made his Wimbledon farewell in doubles alongside older brother Jamie Murray earlier this month, and Evans are scheduled to face Japan’s Taro Daniel and Kei Nishikori in their Olympic doubles opener.
“The Olympics has been incredibly special for me and there have been some amazing memories on the court—particularly in London,” Murray said today at the Paris Olympics draw ceremony. “I’m happy I get to do this one more time. It’s unfortunate [that I am not playing singles]—I trained to get ready to play both, but I’m getting a bit older now so it gets harder to recover from injuries. I ran out of time.”
Former world No. 1 Murray made history at the 2016 Rio Games as the only man to successfully defend the Olympic singles gold medal.
Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament @Olympics
Competing for 🇬🇧 have been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I’m extremely proud to get do it one final time! pic.twitter.com/keqnpvSEE1— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) July 23, 2024
The 37-year-old Murray will play his fifth Olympics staged on the red clay of Roland Garros.
“Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament,” Murray wrote on X. “Competing for Team GB has been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I’m extremely proud to get to do it one final time!”
Murray will conclude a historic career with 46 career titles and nearly $65 million in career prize money, but his impact transcends titles and rankings. Murray had a well-earned reputation as an honest champion willing to speak his mind and put himself on the line in the process.
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