BREAKING: Andy Murray announces Paris Olympics will be his last ever tennis tournament

Murray is set to take part in both singles and men's doubles at the Summer Games in France.

BREAKING: Andy Murray announces Paris Olympics will be his last ever tennis tournament

Andy Murray (Image via Imago)

It is the end of an era for Andy Murray as well as tennis fans as the Briton has confirmed that the 2024 Paris Olympics will the his final tournament of his professional career. He confirmed the news on Tuesday (July 23), stating that he will hang up his racket after representing his country at the Summer Games.

Murray said that he was blessed to have had the opportunity to represent his country in the past and was proud to be doing it for one last time. Notably, he will be playing in singles as well as men’s doubles events in Paris. 

Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament @Olympics Competing for ?? have been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I’m extremely proud to get do it one final time!
Andy Murray wrote on X

Andy Murray eyes fourth Olympic medal before retirement

With the 2024 Paris Olympics set to be his swansong, Andy Murray will be hoping to sign off on a high by winning his fourth Olympic medal. He has won two gold medals in singles (London 2012 and Rio 2016) and one silver medal in mixed doubles (London 2012).

Andy Murray Wimbledon
Andy Murray Wimbledon (via Imago)

Murray won his first gold medal by beating Roger Federer in straight sets at the 2012 London Games. At the same event, he partnered with Laura Robson and won the mixed doubles silver medal. Four years later in Rio, he beat Juan Martin del Potro to win his second gold medal in singles.

While Murray is set to take part in both singles and doubles events in Paris, the three-time singles Grand Slam champion can be pitted against a Top 16 seed in his opening rounds in singles as he is no longer in the Top 100. The Briton is set to play his first singles match on either Saturday (July 27) or Sunday, July 28. The doubles matches are also scheduled for the weekend.

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