Andy Murray’s career came to an end on Thursday night at Roland Garros, where he and Dan Evans lost in the quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics to Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul. Fritz and Paul prevailed 6-2, 6-4, halting a short but amazing run by the British pair.
Murray and Evans came back from 9-4 down in the super-tiebreaker to stun Japan’s Kei Nishikori and Taro Daniel in the opening round. They saved two more match points from 9-7 down against Belgium’s Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen in the second round.
Murray is a former world No. 1 and three-time Grand Slam champion. He broke through at the 2012 U.S. Open before treating the home crowd to a pair of triumphs at Wimbledon. Murray also won Olympic gold in singles in both 2012 (London) and 2016 (Rio de Janeiro).
“I gave as much as I could to the career,” the 37-year-old said during a post-match interview outside the court. “There are obviously things that I look back on and wish that I could have done differently, but it’s been a tough time to win major titles in the sport with the players that were ahead of me. I’m proud of my achievements, my efforts and I’m looking forward to prolonged rest now.
“I’m sad to be finishing but the last couple of weeks since we arrived here have been brilliant. I’ve had a lot of fun being around the team.”
Fritz and Paul will face Australian’s Matthew Ebden and John Peers on Friday. The winner will go up against the American duo of Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram in the gold-medal match.
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Thank you Andy, what a roller coaster its been. Wouldn’t have missed a minute of it!
Hope he finds something rewarding to fill that tennis space. A different sport? Coaching? Commentating?
Tournament director
Which one? Jamie’s doing Queens, I think.
Thanks for everything Andy!! Magnificent career. Can definitely see him as both coach and commentator.
Definitely think it was time to call it a day.
and DC coach
Good call. Do you know why Sinner wasn’t at the Olympics. Was he injured?
Unless he went out at once, and I missed it!
Schedule. Needed rest after RG. Plus people from the border are less nationalist.
Cheers.
There was an article in G. interview with Andy. He said how much pain he’d been in trying to get to Wimbledon, then the Olympics. OMG shocking. Risking long term damage to his body. Idiot, he’s only 37. Hopefully a lot of life left.