The Scot goes out as our greatest ever sportsman following a glittering 19 year career
But Scotland’s king of the court insists he’s happy to go out on his own terms at the Olympics - just two months after being told he’d not make it. Murray and Dan Evans were knocked out of the doubles by American duo Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz in the quarter final at Roland Garros.
“But I’m genuinely happy with how it finished and I’m glad I got to go out here at the Olympics and finish on my terms because at times in the last few years it wast a certainty. Even a few months ago I was told when I had the scan on my back that I would not be playing at the Olympics. Asked to sum up his remarkable career that saw him end Britain’s 77-year wait for a Wimbledon winner in 2013, Murray said: “It’s been unbelievable really.
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