Andy Murray’s tennis career ends in Olympic doubles defeat with Dan Evans
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Andy Murray’s tennis career ends in Olympic doubles defeat with Dan Evans

New York Times  

Andy Murray’s tennis career ended the way it does for everybody else: a ball that bounced where he didn’t want it to bounce. After two scarcely believable escapes at Roland Garros, the 2024 Paris Olympics saw off one of the greatest British tennis players in history, as Murray and Dan Evans succumbed to the bruising power of Team USA’s Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul on Court Suzanne-Lenglen on Thursday, 6-2, 6-4. GO DEEPER 'Take your time, you d*ck': 15 years of defending and deserving Andy Murray “I’m feeling good,” he said afterwards. There was a a post on X where he suggested he “never even liked tennis anyway” and, when asked by the BBC whether he would be marking the first day of his post-playing career with a deserved lie-in, he replied: “I have four children below the age of eight so lay-ins don’t happen. Paul showed no deflation from his defeat to Carlos Alcaraz in the singles earlier in the day, skittering around the court with the foot speed and balance that make him so dangerous across surfaces, hammering a backhand return too hot for Evans at 1-1 in the second set that earned a break on Murray’s serve and pushed the match over the edge of its already inescapable conclusion.

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