Andy Murray is formally hanging up his racquet.
The tennis legend’s profession formally got here to an finish after he and British associate Daniel Evans misplaced to Individuals Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul within the males’s doubles quarterfinals on the Olympics on Thursday.
“I gave as a lot as I might to the profession,” Murray stated shortly after his ultimate match, per ATP Tour. “There are clearly issues that I look again on and want that I might have carried out in another way, however it’s been a troublesome time to win main titles within the sport with the gamers that have been forward of me. I’m happy with my achievements, my efforts and I’m wanting ahead to extended relaxation now.”
“I’m unhappy to be ending however the final couple of weeks since we arrived right here have been sensible. I’ve had quite a lot of enjoyable being across the staff.”
Murray leaves the tennis world with three singles Grand Slam titles — together with two at Wimbledon — two Olympic gold medals and 46 profession titles on the ATP Tour. He completed with a 739-262 singles file, and likewise spent 41 weeks because the world’s No. 1 ranked participant when legends Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have been additionally competing for the highest spot.
Murray, who all the time knew how you can have enjoyable on and off the court docket, signed off on his private social media account in a really Murray-esque manner.
“I by no means appreciated tennis anyway,” Murray stated on his private X account.
He additionally up to date from “I play tennis,” to “I performed tennis.”
A becoming goodbye from one in all tennis’s greats.
