Andy Murray gets immediate apology after retiring at Olympics as rival shares net exchange
Andy Murray received an apology immediately after entering retirement at the Olympics. In his final tournament, the former world No. 1 paired up with Dan Evans in the men’s doubles event and made it all the way to the quarter-final.
But they suffered a one-sided 6-1 6-4 defeat to American duo Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul on Thursday night, just missing out on the medal rounds.
After the match, Fritz confessed that he said sorry to Murray at the net and didn’t take pride in being the one to end the three-time Grand Slam champion’s career.
“Obviously we want to win like we were pumped up to win. But it is sad I guess to see it end for Andy, he’s someone that I think both of us have looked up to for a very long time,” the world No. 12 said.
“He’s a great guy so I guess I don’t take like, a lot of pride in doing it. But you know, we’re here. We’re here to try and win a medal.” It was an emotional night on Court Suzanne Lenglen, with both Murray and Evans in tears.
And it was a strange feeling for the Americans, who struggled to celebrate as usual. Sharing what he told Murray at the net, Fritz added: “I just said like, I don’t even know what, I feel like I said like, sorry. And like and also like congrats on the career but I don’t really know what to say to him.
