Like Angelique Kerber, British tennis star Andy Murray plays his last match in Paris. The next comeback spectacle fails to materialize
With applause and chants of “Andy, Andy”, two-time Olympic champion Andy Murray (37) was bid farewell after the end of his magnificent tennis career at the Summer Games in France. The quarter-final in the doubles competition was his last appearance in Paris. The British tennis star lost 2:6, 4:6 alongside Dan Evans against the two Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul. At 2:5, the Brits fended off a match point, but another dramatic victory failed to materialize.
In the two previous rounds, Murray and Evans had both progressed after fending off a total of seven match points. The opening match was particularly spectacular, as the British duo won against the Japanese combination of Kei Nishikori and Taro Daniel in the match tie-break after five match points in a row against them
Three Olympic medals and three Grand Slam victories
Murray had previously announced that the Summer Games in France would be the end of his tennis career. The Olympic starts for Great Britain were by far the most memorable weeks of his career, “and I’m extremely proud that I can do it one last time!” he said. The three-time Grand Slam tournament winner had decided not to compete in the singles at short notice.
In 2012, he had won gold in the singles and silver in the mixed doubles at the Olympic Games in London, providing the highlights of the event. Four years later, the former world number one also won the Olympic gold medal in Rio de Janeiro.
In Wimbledon, the Scot had already been given an emotional send-off with a ceremony after a doubles match with his brother Jamie Murray. The 2013 and 2016 Wimbledon winner and 2012 US Open winner has been struggling with injury problems for years and now plays with an artificial hip. A cyst on his back had prevented him from making his hoped-for final singles appearance at the grass court classic
