PARIS– PARIS (AP) — Andy Murray’s tennis career was extended for at least one more match in dramatic style when he and his British partner Dan Evans saved five match points during a first-round doubles victory in the Paris Olympics.
Murray and Evans overcame Japanese duo Taro Daniel and Kei Nishikori 2-6, 7-6 (5), 11-9 on Sunday. The British lost 9-4 in the decisive tiebreaker, which takes place in place of the third set in doubles.
Murray, 37 years old announced before the Olympic Games that it would be the final event of his career and then left the singles bracket, remaining only in the doubles.
He is a three-time Grand Slam champion and the only tennis player with two Olympic singles gold medals – from London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016. His first Wimbledon championship in 2013 made Murray Britain’s number one man to win this trophy. in 77 years.
Murray has dealt with a series of injuries in the latter stages of his career, including a hip replacement in 2019. Most recently, he needed surgery to remove a cyst from his spine last month.
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