Andy Murray retires: ‘I’m glad I got to finish on my own terms … I feel lucky’

British icon bows out in Olympic doubles quarter-finals Murray quips on X: ‘Never even liked tennis anyway’
Great Britain's Andy Murray salutes the fans after losing his Men's Doubles Quarter-Final match with Dan Evans against USA's Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul at Roland-Garros on the sixth day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France. Picture date: Thursday August 1, 2024.

Great Britain's Andy Murray salutes the fans after losing his Men's Doubles Quarter-Final match with Dan Evans against USA's Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul at Roland-Garros on the sixth day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France. Picture date: Thursday August 1, 2024.

Andy Murray said that he has ended his career as a happy man because he retired from professional tennis on his own terms at the Paris Olympics on Thursday night.

After a dramatic week in Paris, Murray and Dan Evans were defeated 6-2, 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles competition by the third seeds, Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz of the United States. It will be the final match of Murray’s career.

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