Career at an end
Murray: “I never liked tennis anyway”
Over and out: Andy Murray's glorious professional career came to an end on Thursday in the quarter-finals of the Olympic doubles competition. A short time later, the Brit made people smile with a post.
The 37-year-old former world number one and three-time Grand Slam winner and his British compatriot Daniel Evans lost 2:6 and 4:6 to the Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul in Paris on Thursday. There were emotional scenes on the court after Murray's last match.
He caused a laugh shortly afterwards with an ironic post. "I never liked tennis anyway," Murray wrote with a wink.
He also changed his status from "I play tennis" to "I played tennis".
Numerous successes
The Scot, who at his peak was one of the "Big Four" with Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, has held the top spot in the world rankings for a total of 41 weeks since 2016. Murray won the US Open in 2012 and triumphed at Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016. In 2012 in London and 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, he won the singles at the Olympics, and in 2012 he also took silver in the mixed doubles alongside Laura Robson.
Murray had already retired once in 2019 due to persistent hip problems. However, after an operation and a positive recovery, he returned once again - but without being able to return to his former level.
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