Andy Murray won 2 gold medals when playing singles in the last 2 Olympic Games. Andy was eager to win another one in Tokyo, but eventually, he decided to pull out at least in singles.
The Statment
Apparently, the problem was a quad strain. This was Andy Murray’s explanation:
“I am really disappointed at having to withdraw but the medical staff have advised me against playing in both events, so I have made the difficult decision to withdraw from the singles and focus on playing doubles with Joe.”
Doubles greatness
On Saturday, Murray produced a fantastic performance with Joe Salisbury in doubles after beating French Open champions and second seeds Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
He commented:
“I think we have the potential to be a really good team; I think the result today showed that.
Doubles is always tricky because sometimes the matches come down to a few points and I think we were well-deserved winners today. We created a fair few chances. But not every doubles match is like that.
I think if we keep the same attitude and prepare diligently, we have a chance of doing well.
It is not easy, we have a tough match up next against a German pair and we’re looking forward to that one.”
Andy Murray in 2021
Now ranked no.104, the Brit played his last match on the 2nd of July when he was overcome by world no.10 Denis Shapovalov 6-4 6-2 6-2 in the 3rd round in Wimbledon (draw).
This year the Brit owns a 8-5 win-loss record. Andy Murray’s most significant result of the year was getting to the final in the Biella 1 Challenger.
