The 37-year-old Murray had said the 2024 Summer Games would be his last event, and he and partner Dan Evans were beaten by the American duo of Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul, 6-2, 6-4, at Court Suzanne Lenglen.
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“I knew that moment was coming for the last few months. If it didn’t happen today, that was going to be in a couple days’ time, and I was ready for it. Obviously, I was emotional, because it’s the last time I will play a competitive match. But I am genuinely happy, just now. I’m happy with how it’s finished,” said Murray, a three-time Grand Slam champion and the only player in tennis history with two Summer Games singles golds.
“The pain and discomfort in my body is not good, and that’s also why I’m happy to be finishing. If I kept going and kept trying, eventually you end up having an injury potentially ending your career,” Murray said. “So I know that now’s the right time. Physically, it’s been really hard.” He also won the title at the All England Club in 2016; his initial major championship came at the U.S. Open in 2012.
Paul and Fritz will face Matt Ebden and John Peers of Australia next. The other semifinal is the fourth-seeded team of Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram of the U.S. against Tomas Machac and Adam Pavlasek of the Czech Republic.
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