Andy Murray may opt out of challenging for a third Olympic gold medal at Roland Garros in Paris if he is not selected to play in the doubles tournament.
The three-time Grand Slam winner and two-time Olympic champion is eligible to compete in the singles at the Games with two places reserved for players who have previously won a Grand Slam or Olympics tournament. But his preparations for what is expected to be his final summer in the sport got off to an inauspicious start as he lost in the first round of the Stuttgart Open to American Marcos Giron on Tuesday.
'I'm not 100 per cent sure what the situation is there with the doubles yet and whether or not I will play if I just get in the singles. I don't know. 'My body didn't feel great playing on the clay in the last month or so. I had quite a few issues with my back, so I don't know if I would go just for singles. 'I need to wait a little bit and see on that,' added the Scot, who lost in the first round of the French Open doubles alongside Dan Evans.
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