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To no great surprise, Andy Murray has announced that the Paris Olympics will be his last professional tournament.
An absolutely extraordinary career, the achievements when competing against three players who all have been described as the GOAT are superb (moot point - would he have done as well without those supreme challenges? Would he have physically broken himself without the pursuit?) but highlights worth repeating
Add in Dunblane, first too male player with a female coach (has there been one since?), a dry as dust sense of humour and a totally cussed desire to come back from career ending injury.
I went to the Davis Cup v USA in 2015 in Glasgow. Murray’s win was super routine (the story was James Ward coming back from two sets down to beat Hohn Isner 17-15 in the fifth, without that there is no Davis Cup win). However I remember when they announced the played and Andy Murray came on, the atmosphere was electric, I thought I might cry and I have goosebumps just typing this.
So, high in the conversation for greatest sporting Brits of all time, I’ve loved/loathed following him for the best part of 20 years (and I’m not a particular fan but just felt that I had skin in the game).
Absolute fucking legend