Why is Andy Murray retiring from tennis after the Paris Olympics 2024?
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAndy Murray announced ahead of the Paris Olympics that he would be retiring following the games. The Scotsman, who is competing in the men's doubles, confirmed he would call time on his career as he looked to go out at the top.
Murray made the announcement on Instagram just days before the Olympics got underway. The three-time grand slam champion, who is the only man to have won two Olympic tennis singles gold medals, said: “Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament @Olympics. “Competing for (Team GB) have been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I’m extremely proud to get do it one final time!” READ MORE: Tom Daley's husband and kids show support for dad with adorable gesture after silver medal Murray was recently robbed of a Wimbledon farewell in the singles after he had surgery on a spinal cyst just a week before the tournament began.
A chronic hip injury also derailed his career and he needed a metal plate inserting into the joint in 2019. The final few years of his career were played against a backdrop of no longer being physically capable of achieving the level which saw him become the world number one at the end of 2016.
The 37-year-old, who spent 41 weeks at world number one throughout his career, told the BBC that he had been tempted the idea of retirement a few times in the past.
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