The former British tennis player, who was eliminated from the men’s doubles at Paris 2024 and ended his career, published an ironic post on his X account about his departure from the sport.
This Thursday, Andy Murray ended his career as a professional tennis player. The Brit along with Daniel Evans fell in the men’s doubles quarterfinals of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games 6-2, 6-4 against Americans Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz and thus ended a career of almost 20 years and 46 ATP titles. After the meeting, the Scottish-born joked on his social networks about his retirement.
“I never liked tennis”the former tennis player wrote on his X account (formerly Twitter) just an hour and a half after the last match of his career. The post did not go unnoticed and went viral: it collected more than seven thousand comments, 50 thousand retweets, 370 thousand likes and almost eight million impressions.
On the other hand, the Scotsman also changed his description on his social networks. When it was active, it was written “I play tennis”. However, just a few hours after retiring he changed it “I played tennis”.
Murray, who confirmed his retirement once he was out of competition at the Olympic Games, left behind a more than successful career: he was world number 1 in 2016 for 41 weeks, he won the US Open in 2012, Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016. and He won two Olympic gold medals in men’s singles (London 2012 and Rio 2016) and a silver in mixed doubles (London 2012).
Carlos Alcaraz’s message to Murray after his retirement: You’ll always have fans here!
“It’s a privilege to share the court with you, Andy! Congratulations on a legendary career and for being an example to all. You always have a fan here!”, the young Spanish tennis player wrote alongside a photo with the Glasgow-born player.
Source: Tycsports
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