Andy Murray arrives in Paris alongside Great Britain's tennis contingent ahead of final Olympic campaign
Andy Murray has reached Paris, France, to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. This will be the last-ever professional tournament for Murray, who will retire from tennis after the conclusion of the quadrennial event.
Andy Murray has already announced that he will draw curtains on his illustrious tennis career after the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 37-year-old will lead Great Britain's tennis contingent, which also comprises Jack Draper, Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans, Katie Boulter, Joe Salisbury, Neal Skupski, and Heather Watson.
Murray, the three-time Grand Slam champion announced his arrival in Paris for the Games through a picture on his Instagram Stories. The photo featured him alongside his British teammates at a train station. He also shared a picture of an adorable gift card from his children, with drawings symbolizing different Olympic sports.
Great Britain will have four representatives in the men's singles category: Murray, Evans, Draper, and Norrie. Murray will also play in the doubles format alongside Evans.
Andy Murray is among the most successful tennis players in Olympic history
Andy Murray made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, China. He was seeded sixth in the men's singles draw and was expected to perform well, but suffered a shocking defeat against Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan in the first round.
Four years later, at the London Games in 2012, Murray stitched a fairytale run on the grass courts of the All England Club. Murray was seeded third in the men's singles category. He defeated Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka, Finland's Jarkko Nieminen, Cyprus' Marcos Baghdatis, Spain's Nicholas Almagro, Serbia's Novak Djokovic, and Switzerland's Roger Federer to win his maiden gold medal at the tournament.
The former World No. 1 went on to defend his gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. As the second seed, Murray bettered Serbia's Viktor Troicki, Argentina's Juan Monaco, Italy's Fabio Fognini, USA's Steve Johnson, Japan's Kei Nishikori, and Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro to bag his second gold medal.
Murray also played mixed doubles in London with Laura Robson. The pair won the silver medal after finishing second to Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi of Belarus. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Andy Murray did not compete in the singles format but competed in the men's doubles with Joe Salisbury. The duo defeated Frenchmen Nicholas Mahut and Pierre-Hughes Herbert and the German pair of Tim Putz and Kevin Krawietz before losing to Ivan Dodig and Marin Cilic of Croatia in the quarterfinals.
Murray will be determined to do well in Paris and end his career on a high.