The two-time Wimbledon champion will bow out after the Paris Games after his SW19 farewell was ruined by injury
Murray, who has two Olympic golds having won in 2012 and 2016, will now bow out in Paris after representingHis first matches will take place the weekend of Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 July, with the draw taking place on Thursday.“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!”
Having lost his first Olympics match in straight sets to Lu Yen-Hsun at Beijing 2008, Murray then won back-to-back titles. Having lost the Wimbledon final weeks before, Murray beat Roger Federer to earn his first gold at London 2012, before toppling Juan Martin del Potro in Rio. The Scot has struggled with injuries throughout the latter part of his career, having major hip surgery in January 2019 and an operation to remove a spinal cyst a month before Wimbledon this year.
After being knocked out of the Wimbledon doubles, Murray said: “It is hard because I want to keep playing, but I can’t.
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