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Andy Murray named for fifth Olympics

Agence France-Presse
Andy Murray named for fifth Olympics
Britain's Andy Murray hits a return against Czech Republic's Jakub Mensik during their men's singles match at the ATP Qatar Open tennis tournament in Doha on February 21, 2024.
Karim Jaafar / AFP

LONDON, United Kingdom -- Andy Murray was on Sunday named as one of the four British singles players for the Paris Olympics, which will be his fifth Summer Games.

Murray, who has said he intends to retire later this year, was granted an ITF place to compete at the French Open at Roland Garros despite his lowly singles ranking of 97 due to being a former Grand Slam winner and Olympic gold medallist.

Team GB were also notified on Thursday that 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu would be in the mix for an ITF place, but she turned down the chance due to the multiple changes in surface over the coming weeks and after only recently returning from a lengthy injury lay-off.

Murray, who won Olympic gold at London 2012 and Rio in 2016, is one of four male singles players selected alongside Jack Draper, Cameron Norrie and Dan Evans, with Katie Boulter the sole female participant for Britain.

Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski will represent Team GB in the men's doubles and the pairing of Murray and Evans have been nominated for an additional space in that competition, which will be determined by the ITF - the governing body of world tennis who run the tournament - on June 25.

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