“I thought it was the end,” Andy Murray describes the surreal feeling as he ‘lives to fight another day’ in his final tournament

Murray was emotional after securing a hard-fought win in the second round along with doubles partner Dan Evans.

“I thought it was the end,” Andy Murray describes the surreal feeling as he ‘lives to fight another day’ in his final tournament

Andy Murray, Dan Evans (Image via Imago)

Andy Murray will call time on his career after the end of his Olympic campaign in Paris. But he is not the man to quit easily even in tough matches as he made sure he stays in the competition in his quest for his fourth Olympic medal.

After withdrawing from singles, Murray is focusing all his attention on doubles matches he is playing with Dan Evans. The British pair saved two match points to secure an epic second-round battle against Belgium’s Joran Vliegen and Sander Gille 6-3, 6-7(8-10), 11-9 in two hours and five minutes on Tuesday (July 30) to keep their Olympics run alive.

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It's emotional, I'm so happy. I don't know what happened, it was like tears of joy, I don't know why. We had another incredible end to the match. It takes a lot of energy, that kind of thing. I thought it was the end. It's a special place to do it, obviously.
Andy Murray said after the match

This match they played after saving five consecutive match points against the Japanese pair of Kei Nishikori and Taro Daniel in their first round. Next, they’ll face America’s Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz or Netherlands’ Jean-Julien Rojer and Robin Haase in the quarterfinals.

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Andy Murray feels anything can happen in a doubles match due to its scoring system

Andy Murray is not a fan of the doubles scoring system as leveling the scores means he and his partner play the 10-match point tiebreak to decide the winner. Murray also admitted later that margins are very fine and it needed something special from him and Dan Evans to win the match.

Andy Murray, Dan Evans
Andy Murray, Dan Evans (Image via Imago)
Doubles matches and the way the scoring system is and the way the teams play now, the margins are so fine that anything can happen.
And Murray said after the match

The match meant a lot for the retiring Scot. As soon as they won the hard-fought match, Murray and Evans were on cloud nine. Murray shared pictures on his Instagram story and in one of the pictures, he and Evans could be seen jumping in excitement. 

Highest I've jumped since 2010
Andy Murray captioned the story

The three-time Grand Slam champion had a back surgery and almost pulled out of the Wimbledon. However, he later took part in the doubles. There were also some doubts about his Olympic participation. Now that he and Evans have made it to the quarterfinals, they will inch closer to a medal with another victory.

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