Andy Murray finally says goodbye to professional tennis with defeat in Paris

The Scot’s final match was a 6-2 6-4 defeat by Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul alongside Dan Evans.

END OF AN ERA: Great Britain’s Andy Murray salutes the fans after his final match. Picture: Martin Rickett, PA

Andy Murray’s defiance finally ran out as his career ended with defeat alongside Dan Evans in the quarter-finals of the Olympic men’s doubles.

Twenty-one years after his first professional match and 19 since he announced his talent to the world at Wimbledon as a wild-haired teenager with a huge heart, Murray’s hopes of a medal-winning swansong evaporated in a 6-2 6-4 loss to American third seeds Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul.