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Olympics-Tennis-Murray and Evans stay on doubles course in Paris

Tennis - Men's Doubles First Round
July 28, 2024

By Sybille de La Hamaide

PARIS (Reuters) -Twice gold medallist Andy Murray kept his Olympic dream – and career – alive for one more match at least when he teamed up with fellow Briton Dan Evans to beat Kei Nishikori and Taro Daniel in a miraculous Roland Garros comeback on Sunday.

The British pair squeezed past their opponents 2-6 7-6(5) 11-9 and into the second round after saving five match points, delaying Murray, 37, from ending his glittering career.

Olympics-Tennis-Murray and Evans stay on doubles course in Paris
Tennis - Men's Doubles First Round

Murray, the first male tennis player to claim two Olympic singles gold medals and widely regarded as one of Britain's all-time great sportsmen, said he would not compete in the singles to focus on doubles in his final tournament before retirement.

After losing the first set and going down 4-2 in the second, the British pair stormed back thanks to a strong net game, pushing the Japanese pair to a tiebreak to win the second set.

"Probably the way that we were playing to that stage would have not suggested that we were likely to come back. I certainly, from my side, didn't feel like I was playing well," Murray said.

"We can play much better than that."

Olympics-Tennis-Murray and Evans stay on doubles course in Paris
Tennis - Men's Doubles First Round

Nishikori and Daniel quickly took the lead in the match tiebreak but the Britons hit back, saving five match points before closing the contest out in a little over two hours.

(Reporting by Sybille de La Hamaide; additional reporting by Tommy Lund, Editing by Ken Ferris)

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