The 37-year-old says this is 'probably' his last summer of tennis but the venue of his departure is yet to be confirmed - or decided
The 37-year-old says this is 'probably' his last summer of tennis but the venue of his departure is yet to be confirmed - or decided
It means Iain Bates, head of the GB’s Olympic tennis team, has had to reshuffle the pack, abandoning the idea of Skupski playing with Dan Evans and instead pairing him with world No 5 Joe Salisbury.“Playing with him any time is special. I’ll have to improve a bit from the French, I imagine!” said Evans. Murray and Evans lost in the first round at Roland Garros.
There is no guarantee that Murray and Evans will get in though, with only 32 teams accepted into the doubles draw. “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.”
Despite their combined ranking of 159, Evans and Murray do still stand a decent chance of getting into the Olympic doubles tournament, although the entry system is, even by IOC standards, particularly nebulous.
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