The Scotsman

Olympics will impact when Murray quits

- Eve Fodens

Andy Murray has revealed he is still unsure exactly when this summer he will retire as a tennis player.

Murray, 36, said last month that he "did not plan on playing much past this summer" and has now explained why he cannot be more specific about when he hangs up his racket.

He said: "I would love the chance to play in another Olympics, but also only if I felt like there was a chance of winning a medal.

"I'm also very conscious that because of how amazing my experience­s at the Olympics have been, I would want to be there by right and not just take one of the other guys' spots, because it is a brilliant opportunit­y.

"Wehavetopd­oublesplay­ers [Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski are ranked inside the world's top 10] and also Jack [Draper], Cam [Norrie] and Evo [Dan Evans] in singles as well."

Murray, a three-time grand slam winner, who held the No 1 spot in the men's singles rankings for a total of 41 weeks in the same era as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, could focus on the doubles at the Paris Olympics, which will be played on his least favourite surface, clay.

He reached the quarter-finals with Salisbury at Tokyo 2020 and added: "When I played with Joe, I had the conversati­on beforehand with him that my feeling was there was a greater chance of me winning a medal in doubles than singles."

Murray said he was "bored" of being questioned about when he will retire, adding: "Obviously at some stage the end will come. It's not an easy decision to know exactly when that will be or when it should be."

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