Andy Murraythe only tennis player to truly challenge the ‘Big Three’ in the glory years Novak Djokovic (24 Grand Slams), Rafael Nadal (22) and Roger Federer (20), has confirmed his retirement after the upcoming Olympic Gamesa competition that fueled his career thanks to his two consecutive Olympic golds, the first before his audience of Wimbledon in London’2012 and the second to Rio de Janeiro’2016. In 2012, he also won silver in mixed doubles with Laura Robson.
“I have arrived Paris for my last tennis tournament at the Olympic Games. By far the most memorable week of my career was when I was competing for Britain and I am very proud to be able to do it for the last time,” said Murray, who will compete in his fifth Games in Paris.
Former world number 1 and now ranked 121, Andy is the best player of the ‘Big Three’ era apart from the three ‘monsters’ in tennis history, Djokovic, with whom he won 11 out of 36 matches , Nadal (7 of 24) and Federer (11 of 25).
The Scotsman reached the throne of the world at that time without equal and, in fact, threatened to convert ‘Big Three’ within ‘Big Four’although eventually pulling off the wonder trio was unaffordable for Andy, who was also conditioned by injuries.
Murray won 46 titles, including three Grand Slams (US Open’2012, Wimbledon’2013 and 2016)a Masters (2016) and those two consecutive Olympic golds (2012, 2016)but the hip brought him down the street of bitterness and was about to retire him before his time.
That has been the case for almost every other player for a long time, but Andy’s passion for his sport is behind the impressive end of the stage where the British player stars, idolized wherever he goes for his desire to excel despite difficult to mention his persistence after having hip surgery in 2019.
Andy Murray also made history for ending Wimbledon’2013 with a 77-year drought in Britain, since Fred Perry won the title in 1936. This year he did not play in singles at ‘Cathedral’ after undergoing surgery a few days before for a spinal cyst, but the tribute she received was highly emotional, befitting her figure.
Source: La Verdad
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