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23 July 2024
Andy Murray Confirms to Retire After 2024 Paris Olympics

Andy Murray Confirms to Retire After 2024 Paris Olympics

The 37 yr old professional sportsman is preparing for the participation in the fifth Olympics as a singles and doubles player.

 

The Scottish player had a first appearance at the Olympic in Beijing 2008 but he was disappointing when he lost his first round match to Lu Yen-hsun in straight set.

 

"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!"

 

However, Murray rose from the weak and made a dramatic improvement four years later. You saw him quickly move past his humiliating loss to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon final to hand Federer a straight set loss to win the gold medal in the London 2012 Olympics.

 

Continuing the unprecedented success at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Murray won more victories in this period. He became the first male tennis player in the sports of Olympics to clinch two singles titles after beating Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in a very competitive match. This put him among the best Olympic tennis players of his time and bolstered his reputation as one of the sport’s greats.

 

There, in 2019, the three-time Grand Slam champion had a essential hip surgery; it had been a career-saving surgery for him and enabled him to return to the pinnacle of his game.

 

Murray, who won the Wimbledon twice, had his last professional match in the All England Club at the beginning of the month. Unfortunately, he and Jamie lost in the first round of doubles event and thus could not proceed further.

 

Murray is a tennis player who suffers from a back problem which he has been struggling to contain for some time; due to this, he withdrew at the last moment from the singles competition at Wimbledon. Furthermore, he was also eyeing the mixed doubles event alongside promising starlet Emma Raducanu; however, Raducanu was taken out of the competition due to a wrist problem, which put paid to their dreams.

 

To Murray, who intended to give a farewell of a lifetime in what may likely be his last tournament in Wimbledon, it was surely a shock. He also shows a well defined devotion to the game, based on his determination to compete despite of such challenges.

 

"It is hard because I want to keep playing, but I can’t.”  Murray said, "Physically it's too tough now. I want to play forever. I love the sport."

 

One skill that should be unique for any given profession or passion is the ability and the willingness to quit. His time to finish with the Olympics grin is apparent given the fact that Andy was the first male tennis player ever to win two gold medals in the singles category.

 

Murray has played Olympics twice at Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016 and most recently in Tokyo 2020, the games atop of his career.

 

It is not only about getting the medals. What makes these experiences even more so is the environment that one gets to encounter in the Olympic village which involves athletes from different parts of the globe swap Olympic pin badges and exchange stories. These appearances are different for him compared to a traditional ATP Tour.

 

The A-list cricketer known as Murray has been defined by his determination and his sheer will to succeed. His combination of talent and tenacity proved that he deserved the ultimate in tennis triumph; it is hard to think of many players who withstood it.

 

But getting another gold medal in Paris will ensure that a brilliant career of Murray will have a fitting end. This would symbolize the character and tenacity that he has displayed at Maradona and a magnificent way of ending his career.

 

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