Andy Murray’s mother Judy reacts to news of Paris Olympics 2024 being final tennis tournament of Brit’s career
Andy Murray’s mother Judy reacts to news of Paris Olympics 2024 being final tennis tournament of Brit’s career
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Aliasgar Ayaz
Modified Jul 23, 2024 13:35 GMT
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Andy Murray’s mother Judy reacted to the news of the 2024 Paris Olympics being her son’s final tennis tournament. Andy announced that competing for Great Britain has been a memorable experience for him and he is proud to do it one last time.
He had announced earlier this year that he was planning to retire in the summer. He was scheduled to participate in the singles event at Wimbledon but the two-time champion had to withdraw due to a recent back surgery.He did, however, participate in the men’s doubles event with his brother Jamie. The Murray brothers faced defeat in the first round following which Andy received an emotional farewell attended by some of the stalwarts of the game including Martina Navratilova and Novak Djokovic.
Murray will take to the Roland Garros courts as the final note of his career. After arriving in Paris with the Great Britain contingent, the 37-year-old announced that this would be his final tennis tournament:
“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!” Murray wrote on X.
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Judy, a tennis coach and Andy’s mother, reposted her son’s tweet and wrote:
“5th Olympics. Final tournament. 💥”
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The Great Britain tennis contingent includes Jack Draper, Neal Skupski, Cameron Norrie, Katie Boulter, Joe Salisbury, Heather Watson, and Dan Evans.
Andy Murray is a 3-time Olympic medalist with 2 golds and 1 silver
Andy Murray at the Tokyo Olympics. (Source: Getty)
Andy Murray at the Tokyo Olympics. (Source: Getty)
Andy Murray has participated in all the Olympic Games since the 2008 edition in Beijing. Although he is one of the most successful tennis players at the Olympics, his first Games ended in disappointment. At the 2008 Games, Murray faced defeat in the first round of the singles event and in the second round of the men’s doubles event.
In 2012, however, Murray was a heroic gold medalist in the singles event at home in London. He defeated Roger Federer in the final. Interestingly, in the Wimbledon final, a few weeks before their Olympics final, Federer had defeated Murray on the same Centre Court.Murray earned his revenge over the Swiss and created history by becoming the first British man since 1908 to win a tennis singles Olympic gold. Moreover, Murray also bagged the silver medal that year in the mixed doubles along with Laura Robson. The British pair lost the gold medal match against Belarus’ Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi.
Four years later, Murray won the singles gold medal again in Rio and became the first person to win back-to-back tennis singles gold medals.At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the three-time Grand Slam winner had to withdraw from the singles event due to an injury but he continued with his commitment in the doubles event and reached the quarterfinal along with partner Joe Salisbury.
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