Andy Murray pictured on Roland Garros training court just hours after he confirmed his upcoming retirement – as tennis legend hits balls with Team GB partner Dan Evans ahead of Paris Olympics campaign

Andy Murray pictured on Roland Garros training court just hours after he confirmed his upcoming retirement – as tennis legend hits balls with Team GB partner Dan Evans ahead of Paris Olympics campaign

Andy Murray has taken to the training court ahead of his Paris Olympics campaign just hours after he confirmed his upcoming retirement.

New pictures show the tennis legend, 37, hitting some balls on the court at Rolland Garros, which hosts the French Open each year, with his Team GB partner Dan Evans.

The Scot is competing in his fifth Olympics having become the first man in history to retain his singles gold medal at Rio 2016.

He forms a strong Team GB roster with Evans, Jack Draper and Cam Norrie, who will all be hoping for a successful campaign which starts this Saturday.

Today’s images show Murray, wearing a lime top and navy shorts, being put through his paces on the clay court by the team’s coach.

Shortly after, the two-time Wimbledon champion seems to take Evans to one side and talk tactics with the Englishman, who is currently ranked 59th in the world.

Murray can also be seen at the net with his teammate ready to return a shot from another member of the squad who is out of shot.

The photos come just hours after the Scot confirmed that he would be retiring after the Paris Olympics.

Murray made the announcement on social media as he arrived in the French capital ahead of the Games.

Alongside a picture of himself on the Olympics podium in Rio, Brazil, in 2016 he wrote: ‘Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament @Olympics.

‘Competing for Britain has been by far the most memorable weeks of my career and I’m extremely proud to get to do it one final time.’