MURRAY TO RETIRE FROM TENNIS AFTER PARIS OLYMPICS
Andy Murray has announced he will retire from tennis after the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Murray is planning to play in the singles and doubles in Paris, in what will be his fifth Games.
“Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament,” the 37-year-old 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’s first appearance at the Olympics Games was in Beijing in 2008, when he lost in straight sets to Lu Yen-Hsun in the first round.
He put the disappointment of a Wimbledon final defeat to Roger Federer weeks earlier by beating the Swiss at London 2012 to win gold.
He became the first male tennis player to win two Olympic singles titles four years later when he beat Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro in 2016 Rio Olympics.
The three-time Grand Slam winner has fought back from career-saving hip surgery in January 2019.
Murray, a two-time Wimbledon champion, played competitively at SW19 for one last time earlier this month when he was knocked out of the doubles in the first round alongside his brother Jamie.
A back injury had threatened Murray’s participation at Wimbledon and he left it until the final moment before pulling out of the singles.
Speaking after his defeat at Wimbledon, Murray said: “It is hard because I want to keep playing, but I can’t.
“Physically it’s too tough now. I want to play forever. I love the sport.”
Earlier this year he said earlier that he was “not planning to play much beyond the summer” but hoped to compete in Paris.
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