Andy Murray confirms Paris Olympics will be his ‘LAST ever tennis tournament’, with British legend preparing to call time on incredible playing career
Andy Murray has confirmed that the Paris Olympics will be his last tournament
The 37-year-old hopes to play in the singles and doubles at his fifth Olympics
His glorious, injury-dogged career has seen him lift three Grand Slam crowns
Andy Murray has confirmed that the Paris Olympics will be the ‘last-ever tennis tournament’ of his illustrious and tenacious career.
The 37-year-old is calling time on an incredible career which has seen him win three Grand Slams, 46 ATP Tour singles titles, and two Olympic gold medals.
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Murray had hoped to enjoy a full swansong at Wimbledon earlier this summer but a back injury forced him out of the men’s singles draw and Emma Raducanu withdrew from their mixed doubles arrangement with a wrist problem.
He did still get to compete alongside his brother Jamie in the men’s doubles, though they were knocked out in the first round.
In Paris he plans to compete in the singles and doubles in what will be his fifth Olympic Games.
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Andy Murray has confirmed that the Paris Olympics will be his ‘last-ever tennis tournament’
The Scot has arrived in Paris for his fifth Olympics, having debuted at the Games in 2008
Murray bade an emotional farewell to Wimbledon’s Centre Court earlier this summer
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He wrote on X: ‘Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament.
‘Competing for Great Britain have been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I’m extremely proud to get do it one final time!’
He recently told HELLO! magazine: ‘I’ll definitely still be playing tennis. Just not on the Tour.
‘I plan to play a lot more golf, and I’ll probably carry on working with my strength and conditioning coach, Matt Little, as I transfer from being a full-time athlete and adjusting to not needing to do quite so much.’
Murray has been a mainstay on our screens for the best part of 20 years, having broken into the ATP Tour top 10 in 2007.
His first Olympics came in Beijing in 2008, where he was knocked out in the first round.
The Scot’s first Olympics gold arrived in 2012 in London when he beat Roger Federer to avenge his Wimbledon final loss from the same year.
He underwent surgery to remove a spinal cyst following his withdrawal at Queen’s on June 19
Despite making progress, he was unable to get fit enough to play in the singles draw in SW19
Murray became Britain’s first men’s champion since Fred Perry to lift the trophy at Wimbledon in July 2013 after beating Novak Djokovic
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In 2016 he made history by becoming the first player to successfully defend an Olympics singles title by beating Juan Martin del Potro in Rio.
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He lifted his first Grand Slam title in 2012 at the US Open when he beat Novak Djokovic across five sets in the joint-longest final in the competition’s history.
A year later he finally lifted the much-coveted Wimbledon trophy with another victory over the Serbian, this time in straight sets.
He added to his haul with another crown at the All England Club in 2016 as he came out on top over Milas Raonic, again in three sets.
After bowing out of Wimbledon alongside his brother, Murray said in an emotional message to Centre Court: ‘It is hard, because I would love to keep playing but I can’t.
‘Physically it’s just too tough now. All of the injuries have added up and like I said they haven’t been insignificant.
‘I want to play forever. I love this sport. It’s given me so much, taught me loads of lessons over the years that I can use for the rest of my life. I don’t want to stop so it is hard.’
Just two weeks before Wimbledon Murray was reduced to a hobbling wreck when a cyst which had been growing on his spine and pressing on his nerve suddenly immobilized his right leg.
Murray, pictured with mother Jude, wife Kim, and father Will (L-R), has given his OBE in 2013
Murray became the first player to successfully defend an Olympics singles title in Rio in 2016
He had an operation to remove the cyst on July 22 and battled against long odds to try to be ready for Wimbledon.
However, despite the nerve pain reducing, Murray had to withdraw from his first-round match against Tomas Machac, meaning his five-set defeat by Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round last year will go down as his last singles match at the All England Club.
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His mother, Judy, recently told the Sunday Times that he had turned down lucrative offers so he can coach children in his native Scotland after retiring.
She said: ‘We have had offers from other countries to open an Andy Murray tennis academy.
‘But for us it will always be about Scotland and our backyard. We want to give back to the game that has given us all so much.
‘None of us have ever wavered from the position that we want to do this in our home country.’
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