British tennis star Andy Murray, 37, announced on social media Tuesday that he is retiring after the 2024 Paris Olympics.
“Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament,” Murray wrote in a post on X. He called competing in the Olympics the “most memorable weeks” of his long career.
Murray began playing professionally in 2005 and became a national hero after winning gold at the 2012 London Olympics, where he bested Swiss national Roger Federer while playing on the grass at Wimbledon.
He won gold again in 2016 in Brazil, beating Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro on a hard court.
He remains the only player, man or woman, to have won two Olympic golds in tennis singles.
Murray also won three Grand Slam events, beating Serbia’s Novak Djokovic at the 2012 U.S. Open, and again at Wimbledon in 2013. Three years later, he won Wimbledon again, beating Canadian player Milos Raonic.
• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.
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