By Victor Kanayo
Day after announcing his readiness to retire, British tennis star, Andy Murray, has pulled out of the singles competition in the 2024 Olympics.
However, the 37-year-old player has revealed that he will play the doubles in what will be his final career appearance.
This year’s Olympics will be the fifth Game of the three-time Grand Slam champion.
At the 2024 Wimbledon, Murray also played in the doubles category, years after injury dealt him a career blow.
Now in Paris, Murray will play alongside Dan Evans in Paris and the pair have been drawn against Japan’s Taro Daniel and Kei Nishikori in the first round.
Meanwhile, Grand Slam record-breakers Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal were placed on an Olympics second-round collision course in the draw for the Paris Games on Thursday.
Nadal, a singles gold medallist at the 2008 Olympics, is playing in his final Games having also won doubles gold in Rio in 2016, while Djokovic was a bronze medallist in singles in 2008.
Serbia’s Djokovic, a 24-time Grand Slam champion and top seed in Paris following the withdrawal of world number one Jannik Sinner, begins his campaign against Australia’s Matthew.
Spain’s Nadal, who has won 14 of his 22 Grand Slams on the clay of Roland Garros, faces Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics in his opener.
