Andy Murray makes singles admission ahead of Paris Olympics
Andy Murray has almost certainly played the last singles match of his career after revealing he is set to play only doubles at the Paris Olympics.The 37-year-old confirmed on Tuesday that his fifth Games will be his final event, but he has still not fully recovered from the surgery to remove a spinal cyst he had a week before Wimbledon.Murray will instead focus on doubles alongside Dan Evans as he chases a fourth Olympic medal.SOURCE: PA
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00:00I don't think so I need to make that decision this evening but yeah I don't
00:14think so you know yeah obviously I mean me and Dan have made the commitment to
00:22each other that was what we were going to prioritize you know I think Dan is
00:27still going to play singles but we've you know obviously last week he you know
00:31did a lot of doubles practice that's what I was predominantly practicing and
00:36training when I was in Greece and since we've been here we've you know been
00:38practicing and playing double sets together that gives you know that the
00:43team and I was the best opportunity to to get a medal that's realistically and
00:50yeah my back is still not perfect and the potential of playing like two
00:55matches in a day is maybe not not the best