Andy Murray’s feat of playing at both Wimbledon at the Olympics has become even more remarkable after what doctors told him following his surgery in June.
Murray required an operation on a spinal cyst only weeks ago, after the problem emerged during the tournament at Queen’s.
The three-time grand slam champion was forced to retire early from his match against Jordan Thompson at the Cinch Championship after barely being able to move in the first few matches.
It turned out that the Scot had a cyst on his back, which was visibly impacting the way he was able to get around the court.
Immediately the operation threw his Wimbledon tournament into doubt and ultimately the three-time grand-slam champion was forced to withdraw from the singles.
Murray did, however, manage to play one last game on Centre Court as he teamed up with brother, Jamie, to play doubles.
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Murray also had a great run at the Olympics, where he won two thrilling matches to get to the quarter finals alongside partner Dan Evans, before eventually falling to defeat to Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz.
The loss ultimately saw the curtain fall on Murray’s wonderful career.
And it turns out that just making the court at both SW19 and in Paris was an achievement in itself, which defied medical expectations.
Andy Murray proves the doctors wrong
“I’m glad that I got to go out here at the Olympics and finish on my terms, because at times in the last few years, that wasn’t a certainty,” Murray said after his final match.
“And even a few months ago, I was told when I first went to have my scan of my back and the issue that I had with it, I was told that I wouldn’t be playing at the Olympics and I wouldn’t be playing at Wimbledon.
“So I feel also lucky that I got that opportunity to play here and have some great matches, create amazing memories and, yeah, I feel good.”
Murray proves the doubters wrong
Murray has made a career out of proving people wrong – and even in his final few matches he was able to do so again.
The Scot and his partner Evans were down match points in both of their first two rounds and somehow managed to fight back to claim victory.
Murray and Evans even managed to save point against Fritz and Paul to break at 5-2 down in the second set, but on this occasion they left themselves too big a mountain to climb to overturn the deficit.
Tributes have now flooded in for the British superstar after his final match, with Carlos Alcaraz among those to praise Murray following his retirement.
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