- Andy Murray announced he will retire from tennis after the Paris Olympics
- Murray and Dan Evans lost 6-2 6-4 to Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul
- This meant Murray played his last tennis match on Thursday night.
Andy Murray brought down the curtain on his illustrious career on Thursday night when he and partner Dan Evans bowed out of Olympic men’s doubles with a straight-sets defeat to the American pair of Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul.
Murray, 37, announced last month that he would retire after the Olympics following an illustrious career that spanned 19 years.
The Briton, who was knighted in 2017, has won two Wimbledon titles, one US Open, while also taking gold at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic singles.
Murray retires as one of the greatest British athletes of all time and was visibly emotional after his match on Thursday.
In light of his retirement, Mail Sport’s pundits pick their favourite moments from the 37-year-old’s career.
Andy Murray closed the curtain on his illustrious tennis career on Thursday night
Murray and Dan Evans were defeated 6-2, 6-4 by the American pair of Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul.
Murray’s withdrawal meant the clash was his final tennis match before retirement.
Oliver Holt
I was at the Flanders Expo in Ghent in November 2015 to watch Murray execute the brilliant topspin backhand, at the end of a point he had no right to be alive on, that won Britain the Davis Cup for the first time in 79 years.
Ian Herbert
That memorable day at Wimbledon, July 7, 2013, when he lifted the trophy for the first time, defeating Novak Djokovic in three sets.
By chance I visited the All England Club the following March and discovered that his victory had been preserved in aspic, with the Centre Court scoreboard reading exactly what it showed the moment Murray fell to his knees: 6-4, 7-5, 6-4.
Murray’s first Wimbledon win in 2013 after so much previous suffering was special
Riath Al-Samarrai
I’d like to take a dusty back road to achieve a largely irrelevant victory in 2018 in the third round of the Citi Open against a veteran player.
It was when he realized the severity of his hip injury and, after a less than spectacular victory at 3 a.m., he cried profusely in his chair. It was then that it crystallized how much the game means to him.
Jonathan McEvoy
A moment of national joy on a sunny July afternoon in 2013, when Murray achieved what no Briton had done since Fred Perry 77 years earlier: win the Wimbledon singles.
After beating Djokovic, he threw down his racket, took off his cap and clenched his fists. A weight had been lifted from his shoulders.
David Coverdale
Who can forget Murray breaking down on Centre Court in his post-match interview after losing the 2012 final to Roger Federer?
“I’m going to try, but it’s not going to be easy,” she told Sue Barker before pausing to wipe away tears.
Four weeks later, Murray defeated the same opponent on the same court to win gold at London 2012.
Murray’s emotional interview with Sue Barker after losing in the 2012 final was also moving.
Mike Keegan
Murray has long been known as the man who never gets beaten, but the first time we experience his never-say-die Scottish spirit will outlast one absorbing career.
Wimbledon 2008: The then 21-year-old trailed Richard Gasquet by two sets and a break before mounting a ferocious comeback, the likes of which we would enjoy for years to come.
A backhand down the line during the tie-break took the wind and the momentum out of him.
Nik Simon
That interview with Barker in 2012. Until then, Murray was seen as an abrasive character who divided opinion.
When he got emotional on the court, we finally saw his human side.