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Andy Murray uncertain to play in fifth Olympics despite selection

  • Tennis

Andy Murray said Sunday he was "not 100 per cent sure" he will play at the Paris Olympics despite being

Murray, who has said he intends to retire later this year, was granted an International Tennis Federation

Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski will represent Team GB in the men's doubles and the pairing of Murray

additional space in that competition, which will be determined by the ITF on 25 June.The 37-year-old Murray

partly dependent on whether he was involved in the doubles, as well as singles, competition.LONDON — Andy

Murray said Sunday he was "not 100 percent sure" he will play at the Paris Olympics despite being selected

Murray, who won Olympic gold at London 2012 and Rio in 2016, was one of four British male singles players


A film to kick off Wimbledon 2024 that touches the heart

  • Tennis

The 'Always Like Never Before' campaign launches a film that pays tribute to tennis legends, rising stars and iconic moments. It is a prelude to the 2024 Championships of the greatest grass court tournament.

The film takes a retrospective look with glimpses of Andy Murray's first triumph, the power of seven-time

Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray, who appears in the trailer, said, "There is no other tournament


Amelie Mauresmo defends prime time snub of women's tennis

  • Tennis

Tournament director Amelie Mauresmo has defended the decision to schedule only men’s matches in the evening sessions at this year’s French Open, despite the resulting backlash.

Mauresmo, a former world number one and  ex-coach of Andy Murray, stated that there was never any


Andy Murray out of French Open, Carlos Alcaraz, Naomi Osaka win

  • Tennis

British tennis star Andy Murray's potential last singles match at the French Open could have occurred

Murray has now suffered defeat to Wawrinka in his last three matches on the clay courts of Paris.Having

won three Grand Slams and finishing as the runner-up at the French Open in 2016, Murray received loud

"I did really well here over the years," Murray added.British tennis star Murray crashed out of Roland


DAVIS CUP 2023: The Stage is Set for Tennis Glory in the Final8

  • Tennis

This afternoon, the Davis Cup Final8 will be officially inaugurated in Malaga, Spain, with the match between Canada (defending champion) and Finland (debutant in the final phase). It will start at 4:00 PM CET.

The British team has lost the former world number 1, Andy Murray (Liam Broady replaces the veteran due


Djokovic aiming for his first Olympic gold in Paris

  • Tennis

Novak Djokovic's 6-3, 6-3 victory over Jannik Sinner consecrated him even more as the greatest tennis player of all time with seven ATP Finals victories, surpassing the six of another legend, the now-retired Roger Federer.

 Four years later in London, he lost to Andy Murray of Great Britain in the semi-finals and to Juan


Tickets go on sale for Australian Open featuring extra day

  • Tennis

Tickets for next year's Australian Open have gone on sale today with the Grand Slam set to increase in size and become a 15-day event.

in a bid to reduce pressure on players by ending late night finishes to matches.This year, Britain's Andy

Murray and Australia's Thanasi Kokkinakis did not complete their second round match until 4.05am."

champion has not played since January after suffering a hip injury at this year's Australian Open.Andy Murray


Philip Barker: An Olympic gold medal must be the highest peak for any sport in the Games

  • Inside the Blogs

Earlier this week, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board announced there would be a delay to their decision on which of nine bidding sports will be admitted to the programme in five years from now.

was the first real superstar to win the men's singles gold medal at Atlanta in 1996.Rafa Nadal and Andy

Murray have followed in his footsteps, although the best achieved in singles at the Olympics by Roger


Alcaraz and Sabalenka dominate in second round wins at US Open

  • Tennis

Seeded starts turned their fortunes around on Thursday at the US Open with Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus among the winners.

wasted no time in securing a 6-3, 6-1 victory.There was disappointment again for former world number one Andy

Murray of Britain, who went down to Dimitrov.The Bulgarian despatched the two-time Olympic singles champion


Alcaraz starts US Open title defence with win after Koepfer's retirement

  • Tennis

Spain's defending champion Carlos Alcaraz had a truncated start to his US Open title defence in New York City with German opponent Dominik Koepfer retiring one hour into the match.

1, 6-0 victory against Hungary's Attila Balázs, which took just 74 minutes to wrap up.Britain's Sir Andy

Murray earned a 200th career Grand Slam victory against France's Corentin Moutet ©Getty ImagesThe other

two former winners in the draw - 36-year-old Briton Sir Andy Murray and 38-year-old Stan Wawrinka of

Switzerland - are also through to the second round.Sir Andy, the 2012 winner, overcame Corentin Moutet

3, and 2016 champion Wawrinka beat Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka 7-6, 6-2, 6-4, both on Grandstand.Sir Andy


Eubanks advances to Wimbledon quarter-finals on "stupidest surface" as he upsets fifth seed Tsitsipas

  • Tennis

World number 43 Christopher Eubanks has reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals today after upsetting Stefanos Tsitsipas in five sets, just a month after infamously describing grass as "the stupidest surface to play tennis on."

Tsitsipas, who has already won matches over five sets against Austria’s Dominic Thiem and Britain’s Sir Andy

Murray at the tournament.Tsitsipas won the first set 6-3, before Eubanks claimed set two on a tie-break


Alcaraz dumps spirited Jarry to set up Berrettini clash at Wimbledon

  • Tennis

World number one Carlos Alcaraz of Spain defeated Nicolas Jarry of Chile to reach the last-16 stage of 2023 Wimbledon while third seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia knocked out Hungarian Marton Fucsovics.

continued his good run against Serbia's Laslo Djere.The fifth seed, who defeated two-time Wimbledon winner Andy

Murray Britain in a n epic encounter yesterday, 6-4, 7-6, 6-4, showing no signs of slowing down despite


Two-time champion Murray exits Wimbledon after thriller against Tsitsipas

  • Tennis

Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray of Britain has crashed out of the grass-court Grand Slam after

Murray, who is a two-time Olympic singles gold medallist, established a 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 lead on Thursday

three-time Grand Slam champion 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 before praising the Swiss star and his British colleague Murray

Like Andy [Murray], he was forced to drop [in] the rankings in the last couple of years [and is] trying


All England Club launches virtual Race to Wimbledon game on Fortnite Creative

  • Non-Olympic Sports

The All England Lawn Tennis Club has launched a virtual Race to Wimbledon game on the platform Fortnite Creative to coincide with the ongoing grass-court Grand Slam.

strategic and creative consultancy Doppelgänger and built by its sister company The Gang.Britain's Sir Andy

Murray, a two-time Wimbledon champion and three-time Olympic medallist, has tried out the game.Users

Wimbledon men's singles final.Massive strawberries, jumping off humongous racquets and a selfie with Andy

Murray!


British wildcard Broady stuns world number four Ruud as Rybakina advances on day four at Wimbledon

  • Tennis

British wildcard Liam Broady produced the biggest upset of the Wimbledon Championships so far as he stunned world number four Casper Ruud in five sets.

in London were also able to enjoy another British player in action later in the day as Britain’s Sir Andy

Murray, a double Wimbledon champion, faced the fifth seed from Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas.After the pair

exchanged the first two sets on tie-breaks, Sir Andy claimed the first break of the contest in set three