“I would love to play the Olympics if I had a chance of a medal” – Andy Murray

Two-time Olympic champion Andy Murray has refused to be drawn on any specific retirement plans as yet, although he has confirmed he does not plan to play much past this summer.

However, he has now said that as much as he would love to add to his medal collection at the Paris Games, he would only compete if he thought he had a chance of doing so.

“I would love the chance to play in another Olympics but also genuinely only if I felt like there was a chance of winning a medal,” Murray said in an interview with The Times. “I’m also very conscious as well that because of how amazing my experiences at the Olympics have been, I would want to be there by right and not just take one of the other guys’ spots because it is a brilliant opportunity. We have top doubles players and also Jack [Draper], Cam [Norrie] and Evo [Dan Evans] in singles as well.

“I don’t want to be in a position where I’m getting selected to play there just because it might be the last tournament that I play. That’s why there is a bit of uncertainty about the summer, because I’m not sure what will happen with that.”

The tennis tournament will take place at Roland-Garros where he has reached the semi-finals four times and the final once – but the most recent of those runs was seven years ago and he has competed there only once since then.

At the Olympics, Murray won gold in the men’s singles in 2012, plus silver in the mixed doubles along with Laura Robson. He won his second gold at Rio in 2016, and partnered Joe Salisbury to the men’s doubles quarter-final in Tokyo in 2021.

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