Andy Murray says Paris Olympics will be his ‘last ever tennis tournament’

“Arrived in Paris for my very last ever tennis tournament,” the 2012 and 2016 Olympic medallist wrote on X. “Competing for Team GB was by far the most memorable week of my career and I’m incredibly proud to be doing it again!”

Murray has suffered a number of career-threatening injuries in recent years, including hip surgery, but has bounced back each time. He played his last Wimbledon this summer, but was unable to play singles matches as he recovered from back surgery. His final appearance on the Centre court was an emotional one, with he and brother Jamie losing a doubles match as family members looked on.

Afterwards, as the legendary Wimbledon champions paid tribute to him, he acknowledged how physically difficult tennis had become.

“I’m ready to retire. I don’t want that to be the case,” he told the crowd that day. “I would like to, like I said, play forever. But today, even though it was a doubles match where it’s obviously not that physically demanding, it’s still very hard for me. … This year has been hard with my ankle, then of course the back surgery, of course the hip. I’m ready to retire because I can’t play at the level I want to anymore.

“That’s something that I think is a little bit out of my control. If I knew my body could handle it, I would play — there’s nothing about the sport that I hate and I think, I don’t want to do it anymore for that reason. I love traveling. I love the competition, practicing, trying to get better, all that stuff.

“I know it’s time now. Yes, I’m ready.”