End of an era: Andy Murray ends Tennis career with Paris Olympic games quarter-final loss

Andy Murray’s storied professional tennis career concluded with a loss in the quarterfinals of the Paris 2024 Olympics on Thursday night.

The 37-year-old British player and his partner, Dan Evans, were defeated by American duo Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul, with a score of 6-2, 6-4 at Court Suzanne Lenglen.

Murray had announced that the 2024 Summer Games would mark the end of his tennis career. Despite previously saving seven match points—five in the first round and two in the second round—Murray and Evans were unable to replicate that resilience against the third-seeded Fritz and Paul.

Murray, a three-time Grand Slam singles champion, is renowned for his achievements, including two Olympic singles gold medals from London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016.

He also won Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016, making history as the first British man to win the prestigious title in 77 years. His first major championship came at the U.S. Open in 2012.

Throughout the later stages of his career, Murray faced numerous injuries, including two hip operations, with a metal implant surgery in 2019. He also underwent recent spine surgery to remove a cyst, which forced him to miss singles events at Wimbledon and the Olympics.