Murray withdraws from Olympic singles but will play doubles

Andy Murray is out from the singles tournament in the Olympics but will play doubles in the French capital in what will be the final competition of his career.

Andy Murray has played his final singles match of his career 😢

The double Olympic gold medallist has withdrawn from the singles at #Paris2024.

Murray is focussing on the doubles with partner Dan Evans.#BBCOlympics #Olympics pic.twitter.com/L1rrwUAQHp

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 25, 2024

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The 3-time Grand Slam champ has announced he will retire at the end of what is his 5^th Olympics.

It means the final single clash of his career was vs. Jordan Thompson in the 2^nd-round at Queen’s last month, when Andy was forced to abandon the match with a back problem.

The problem also led him to miss singles at Wimbledon, but he did compete a final doubles match at the place where he triumphed with 2 of his 3 Grand Slams.

Andy will partner with Dan Evans at the upcoming tournament, with the pair to face Japan’s Taro Daniel and Kei Nishikori in the 1^st round.

“I decided to miss the singles to focus on the doubles with Evans,” Murray revealed.

Andy added that the 2 are in sync during the practices and that they play great as a team.