"I now play golf" - Andy Murray further modifies his bio after calling time on his illustrious tennis career
Andy Murray has made further changes to his bio in the aftermath of retiring from tennis. Murray's illustrious career in the sport came to an end at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where he had paired up with Daniel Evans to play in the men's doubles event.
The former World No. 1 was initially intent on playing men's singles at the Games in the buildup to the 2024 Paris Olympics. However, he later decided against it, opting to instead represent Great Britain solely in men's doubles alongside Evans.
Murray, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in singles (2012, 2016), kickstarted his doubles campaign with Evans against the Japanese duo of Kei Nishikori and Taro Daniel. The Brits were on the verge of elimination, but ultimately edged out the Japanese pair 2-6, 7-6(5), 11-9. Things continued in the same vein in the next round against the Belgian pairing of Joran Vliegen and Sander Gille, with Murray and Evans taking a narrow victory once more.
However, the Brits' luck ran out in the quarterfinals against eventual bronze medalists Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul of the USA. Fritz and Paul registered a comprehensive 6-2, 6-4 victory over Murray and Evans, and brought the curtains down on the former World No. 1's trophy-laden career, which yielded 46 singles titles on the ATP Tour, including three Majors and 14 ATP Masters 1000 titles.
Murray later changed his bio on X (formerly Twitter) from "I play tennis" to "I played tennis". Recently, the three-time Grand Slam champion made a further change to it, adding:
"I now play golf."
Murray had earlier spoken about his interest in golf, as part of an interaction with fans on social media, during the Olympic Games 2024 in Paris.
"I would like to try and become a scratch golfer" - Andy Murray
Ahead of his doubles match against Japan's Nishikori and Daniel at this year's Games, Murray answered fans' questions via Team Great Britain's TikTok. One fan asked the former World No. 1 about what he intends to do after retiring, from both sporting and non-sporting perspectives.
In his response, Murray said that from a sporting standpoint, he wants to become a "scratch golfer". He added that in "life" he wants to be a good dad to his four children and be supportive of his wife Kim.
"So my sporting and life goals after the Olympics are, I would like to try and become a scratch golfer and that's my sporting goal. Life goals, try to be a good dad. Be home as much as I can for my kids while they're still growing up, be around for my wife, and that's what I am most looking forward to," Murray said.
The 37-year-old, following his exit from the men's doubles event at the Paris Olympics, had hilariously posted that he "never even liked tennis anyway" on X, with the post later going viral.