British tennis icon Sir Andy Murray has confirmed he will retire from tennis after the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he plans to participate in the singles and doubles events.
“Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament,” Murray wrote on X.
“Competing for Team GB has been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I’m extremely proud to get to do it one final time!”
Murray’s first appearance at the Games was in Beijing in 2008, and it was very brief. In his first match, Lu Yen-hsun defeated him in straight sets.
However, four years later, he defeated Roger Federer at the next Games in London to win gold on home soil. At the next games in Rio, he added another gold medal to become the first and only male tennis player to win two Olympic singles titles.
The two-time Wimbledon champion had career-saving hip surgery in January 2019, but he hasn’t been the same player since then. He played at Wimbledon for the last time earlier this month but was knocked out of the doubles in the first round alongside his brother Jamie.
Andy Murray mentioned that he didn’t plan to play much beyond the summer but was optimistic about participating in Paris. The third-ranked British player Dan Evans will team up with Murray for the doubles event.
The tennis action kicks off at Roland Garros on 27 July and wraps up on 4 August, with the medal rounds scheduled from 2 August onward.