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ANDAndy Murray’s grit and fighting spirit know no bounds. The Dunblane player has been dogged by injuries for some time, But that doesn’t stop him from continuing to expand his legend. With a metal hip and a recently operated back, he has once again shown why He is one of the greatest warriors in the history of this sport.
Accompanied by Daniel Evans, they had in front of them in their first round debut at the Olympic Games Kei Nishikori, another who knows very well what it is to deal with injuries. Together with Daniel Taro, the Japanese put the British couple in serious trouble, to the point of going 6-2 and 4-2 up in the second set.
However, Andy has more lives than a catand in his last tournament as a professional tennis player it was not going to be different. Both he and Evans found strength where there was none to take the second set to a tie-break, where They won 7-5 to play for victory in the final super tie-break.
Miracles do happen if your name is Andy Murray
In that ‘supertie’, Taro and Nishikori went as far as 9-4, with everything in their favor to put the finishing touch to a historic race as Andy’s has been. However, miracles do happen if you’re called Andy Murray, even more so with a stadium full of fans behind the British doubles players, who saved all five match points in a piquant manner to end up winning 12-10.
The former world number one and winner of three Grand Slams has told fate that It’s still too early to hang up the racket, So on Tuesday he will be back on track with Evans. to give themselves another chance in the round of 16.
It is worth remembering that Murray already won the gold medal in the singles event at London 2012, on the grass of Wimbledon, and in Rio 2016 he returned to the top of the podium. Eight years later, at 37 years old, Andy is living his own ‘The Last Dance’ alongside Daniel Evans. As good customs are not lost, he could not say goodbye to Paris without leaving his mark on the history of these Games, something that he has already done after this agonizing match.
