He isn't as much of a stranger to the sport as he makes out
Andy Murray ended his career at the Olympics.
Andy Murray has been told to stick with his decision to retire after saying farewell at the Olympics.
The former world No. 1 teamed up with Dan Evans in the men’s doubles draw for his last tournament and had a fitting send-off. They saved multiple match points in his first two rounds in true fighting spirit before succumbing in the quarter-final.
Murray has been busy since ending his career and has already turned his hand to another sport. And tennis fans believe he should continue making the most of retirement and not put his body through it again.
The three-time Grand Slam champion previously had a false alarm retirement. At the 2019 Australian Open, he declared that it would likely be his last tournament due to his ongoing hip problems. But he underwent successful resurfacing surgery and returned that summer, going on to play for five more years.
This time around, fans want him to remain a former tennis player. Express Sport readers were asked whether Murray should U-turn and stay on tour to play doubles after his thrilling matches with Evans. A staggering 80 per cent said no.
Luckily, the two-time gold medallist agrees. After playing his final match in the doubles quarter-final, he said he was at peace with his decision. “I was ready for it and obviously it was emotional because it’s the last time I will play a competitive match,” he explained.
“I am genuinely, I am happy just now. Like, I’m happy with how it finished. I’m glad I got to go out here at the Olympics and finish on my terms because at times in the last few years that wasn’t a certainty.”
It’s been less than two weeks since the Brit played his final match but he’s already been making the most of his retirement. He hung around in Paris to take his eldest daughter to watch some other sports and was caught on camera scoffing a doughnut.
Murray has also already been out on the golf course with Evans as they went from doubles partners to rivals. Ahead of the Paris 2024 Games, Murray answered a question about his post-Olympics sporting goals on the Team GB TikTok and said: “I would like to try and become a scratch golfer.”
And he’s taking his quest seriously. As soon as he played his last match in Paris, eagle-eyed fans realised that he changed his social media bio from “I play tennis” to “I played tennis”. Last week, he made a crucial update and added the sentence: “I now play golf.” He even changed his header photo on X (formerly known as Twitter) to a golf course.
