Andy Murray withdraws from Olympics singles, still plans to play doubles

pTwo-time gold medallist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-murray/mc10/overview'Andy Murray/a has withdrawn from singles at the Paris Olympics, but still intends to compete in doubles alongside a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniel-evans/e687/overview'Daniel Evans/a in his final Olympic appearance./p

pSpeaking at Thursdayrsquo;s draw, Murray said, "The Olympics has been incredibly special for me and there have been some amazing memories on the court, particularly in London./p

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p"I'm happy I get to do this one more time. It's unfortunate. I trained to get ready to play both, but I'm getting a bit older now so it gets harder to recover from injuries. I ran out of time."/p

pMurray, who has announced that he will retire at the end of the Olympics, has not played singles since retiring in the second round of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/london/311/overview'cinch Championships/a in Queenrsquo;s. He underwent a small operation on his back before a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a, where he was restricted to playing doubles with his brother Jamie./p

pMurray will finish his career with a 739-262 record in singles according to Infosys ATP Stats. He earned 46 titles, including 2016 Rio and 2012 London Olympic gold medals. In 2016 he won the a winner-takes-all a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a championship match against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a to claim ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF honours./p

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