To continue his Paris Olympics campaign alongside Dan Evans, Andy Murray decided to postpone retirement for at least a few more days.
To get to the quarterfinals, Murray and Evans defeated Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen, a Belgian duo, 6-3, 6(8), 7-11-9.
It barely tells half the story, though, as the British pair found themselves one point from Murray’s career’s end with a 9-7 deficit in the match tie-break.
This comes after their thrilling first round, in which Murray and Evans likewise had to save five match points. After their triumph, Murray and Evans were joyful, with the former sitting down in tears following yet another victorious comeback.
Speaking with the media following the game, Murray gave an explanation for his intense emotions. Murray said: “I mean, yeah, obviously it’s unbelievably emotional. You’re obviously unbelievably happy and then for whatever reason, I don’t know why it happens; it’s like happy tears. I don’t know why that’s the case but yeah, I was really emotional at the end of the match. Obviously extremely happy, excited that we managed to get through and another amazing finish so it takes a lot out of you that sort of stuff so I’m glad we get a day off tomorrow.”
Andy Murray in 2024
Ranked world no.117, the Brit played his last match on the 19th of June when he had to retire when playing against world no.33 Jordan Thompson in the 2nd round and the scoreline was 4-1 .
This season the Brit has a composed 7-13 match record.