publish time

23/07/2024

author name Arab Times

publish time

23/07/2024

In this file photo, Andy Murray of Great Britain poses with his gold and silver medals in tennis at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon, London at the 2012 Summer Olympics. (AP )

PARIS, July 23, (Agencies): Three-time Grand Slam champion and two-time Olympic champion Andy Murray confirmed on Tuesday that the Paris Olympic Games would be his last competition.

"Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament," the 37-year-old wrote on social media Tuesday morning. "Competing for Team GB has been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I'm extremely proud to get to do it one final time!" Murray will make his fifth Olympic appearance in Paris. He won the men's singles gold at the 2012 London Games and defended his title four years later in Rio.

Murray underwent surgery to deal with a back injury just a few days ahead of the Wimbledon Championships but was hoping to play his last grass-court Grand Slam as he had already decided to retire later this year at that time.

He withdrew from the singles event a few hours before his first match started, but made his final appearance at Wimbledon to play in the men's doubles event with his brother Jamie Murray.
Meanwhile, Tokyo Olympics tennis silver medalist Marketa Vondrousova withdrew from the Paris Games on Monday because of a hand injury. Also pulling out of the tennis competition in Paris was Poland's Hubert Hurkacz, who hurt his knee at Wimbledon this month.

Vondrousova, a 25-year-old from the Czech Republic, won Wimbledon last year despite being unseeded and was the runner-up at the French Open - played at Roland Garros, the same site being used for tennis matches at these Summer Games - in 2019.
She is coming off a first-round exit at Wimbledon this month, the first woman since 1994 to lose her opening match a year after winning the title at the All England Club.