AFP23 July 2024 | 8:05

Andy Murray confirms retirement after Paris Olympics

Murray has twice won an Olympic gold medal in singles - at the 2012 Games in London and successfully defending the title four years later at Rio.

Andy Murray confirms retirement after Paris Olympics

Scottish tennis player Andy Murray. Picture: @Wimbledon/X

PARIS - Former world number one and three-time Grand Slam title winner Andy Murray confrmed on Tuesday that he will retire after the Paris Olympics.

"Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament @Olympics. Competing for Great Britain have been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I'm extremely proud to get do it one final time," the 37-year-old wrote on social media.

Murray has twice won an Olympic gold medal in singles -- at the 2012 Games in London and successfully defending the title four years later at Rio.