Andy Murray is ready to make his last serve. No less than Murray himself said so, as the tennis great says he's hanging it up at the end of the Paris Olympics.
"Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament @Olympics," Murray tweeted Tuesday morning. "Competing for (England) has been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I'm extremely proud to get to do it one final time!"
Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament @Olympics
Competing for 🇬🇧 have been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I’m extremely proud to get do it one final time! pic.twitter.com/keqnpvSEE1— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) July 23, 2024
Murray is the former No. 1-ranked player in the world. But he underwent hip surgeries in 2018 and 2019, as well as back surgery earlier this year. The latest surgery kept him out of the Wimbledon singles tournament.
Murray did manage to play in the doubles tourney at Wimbledon alongside his brother. He hinted then that retirement was near.
"I'm ready to finish playing. I don't want that to be the case. I would love to play, like I said, forever. But, today, even though it was a doubles match where physically it's obviously not as demanding, it's still really hard for me," Murray told the crowd at Wimbledon, per The Athletic.
"This year's been tough with the ankle, then obviously the back surgery, obviously the hip. I'm ready to finish playing because I can't play to the level that I would want to anymore.
"That's something that I guess is a bit out of my control. If I knew my body was going to be able to do it, I would play — there's nothing about the sport that I hate and I'm like, I don't want to do it anymore for this reason. I like the travelling. I love the competition, practicing, trying to get better, all those things.
"I know that it's time now. Yeah, I'm ready for that."
Murray is a three-time Grand Slam champion.
