Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray introduced he’ll retire from tennis after the Paris Olympics, bringing an finish to his 19-year profession.
Murray, 37, withdrew from the Wimbledon singles championship earlier this month after failing to get well in time from a spinal cyst process. Nonetheless, he did handle to bid farewell to the All England Membership with a doubles match alongside his brother, Jamie, earlier than receiving an on-court tribute.
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Murray had beforehand mentioned he wouldn’t play this season’s hard-court swing, which means his ultimate likelihood to play would come at Roland Garros on the Olympics. On Tuesday, he confirmed this might be his ultimate look.
“Arrived in Paris for my final ever tennis event,” Murray wrote on X. “Competing for Group GB has been by far essentially the most memorable weeks of my profession and I am extraordinarily proud to get to do it one ultimate time!”
The draw for the tennis event will happen Thursday, when Murray will be taught who his first opponent might be. He’s scheduled to play within the males’s singles event, in addition to the doubles competitors alongside Dan Evans.
Sources informed ESPN that Murray is unlikely to obtain an official on-court tribute when he exits or wins the Olympic competitors.
David Haggerty, head of the Worldwide Tennis Federation, praised Murray for his contributions to the game.
“Sir Andy has lived and breathed the values of tennis all through his lengthy profession, championing equality and serving to to ship the message that our sport is for everybody,” Haggerty mentioned.
“We are going to after all keep in mind his two Olympic golds; his Grand Slam wins and his never-say-die angle on the court docket. We may also keep in mind his Davis Cup victory with Nice Britain in 2015, serving to his workforce to the title for the primary time since 1936.
“Whereas this glorious chapter of his profession is now drawing to an in depth, we all know that Sir Andy’s love of tennis will see him proceed to be concerned in serving to to develop and develop our sport globally.”
Murray is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, having gained back-to-back titles at London 2012 and Rio 2016, every bookending essentially the most profitable interval of his profession.
Murray’s triumph at London 2012, the place he gained within the ultimate with a straight-sets victory over Roger Federer, was his first main title. He adopted it up by lifting his first Grand Slam title a month later, this time beating Novak Djokovic.
He went on to win at his subsequent look on the All England Membership the next 12 months earlier than profitable the title for a second time in 2016.
Since then, Murray has confronted a large number of harm points. He briefly retired in 2019 following two hip surgical procedures. His final ATP event victory got here at Antwerp in October 2019.
