Murray heading to Tokyo Olympics with Team GB
Andy Murray will bid for a third consecutive Olympic gold medal after being included in Britain’s six-strong tennis team for the Tokyo Games.
The 34-year-old is the only tennis player in history to win singles gold at consecutive Olympics having triumphed in London and Rio and has taken up the place available to him as a former champion despite being ranked outside the top 100.
Murray - who is preparing for his first appearance in singles at Wimbledon since 2017 and yesterday helped launch a virtual reality tennis game aimed at getting fans closer to the action - said: “The Olympics means a huge amount to me, it’s a massive honour to compete at a fourth Games.
“Leading Team GB out at the opening ceremony five years ago in Rio was one of the highlights of my career.
"Going to a second Olympics as defending champion is exciting and I’m looking forward to the challenge.”
Murray will also play in the men’s doubles but not,
as at previous Games, with his brother Jamie, who had already strongly hinted he would not travel to Tokyo but did make himself available only to miss out on selection.
Instead, Andy Murray will play with Britain’s leading doubles specialist Joe Salisbury, who is also likely to compete in the mixed doubles with Johanna Konta.
Reigning Paralympic champion Gordon Reid, from Dunbartonshire, has been named in Britain's six-person wheelchair tennis squad. Five-time grand slam singles winner Alfie Hewett has also been selected.