Andy Murray’s entertaining Olympic farewell tour is continuing at a dream pace after two edgy victories see Team GB into the quarter final.
Once again it was drama, angst, match points, saved match points, tears, everything everywhere all at once.
As the pair did in their first round, Andy Murray and Dan Evans edged through their Olympic doubles match and now miraculously sit in the last 16.
After Evans thumped a smash down, bouncing deep into the stands, the pair danced around like schoolboys as Murray’s career was extended once again.
The British duo have now saved seven match points on their way to the quarter finals, and with Murray visibly moved by the on-court mayhem he is mostly responsible for, the tennis world could only sit back and smile.
How did Judy Murray and Laura Robson react after the victory?
In some ways Judy Murray might have the worst of it, with the rollercoaster ride her son has subjected her to during his long career, taking one last unexpected turn.
Trying to put the right words together, she reflected on the celebration that ensued moments after Evans put away the final ball.
She said above a video on X of the pair securing match point: “You have to love this celebration. How much it means to them.”
Laura Robson, who partnered Murray to silver in the mixed doubles at London 2012, was slightly less composed in her response, writing: “What the hell!!! OUTRAGEOUS.”
As long as the Murray/Evans comebacks remain, so will the fans, with the Olympic crowd chanting Murray’s name as he sat in tears, overwhelmed by it all.
Andy Murray’s retirement acceptance is squeezing out his best tennis
Very few athletes have the luxury of going to either on their own terms, or at least some kind of relative high.
Had you asked Murray after he painfully withdrew from the Wimbledon singles, you wouldn’t need his response to tell he was devastated.
The consistent pressure he exerted on himself up until the Olympics was, at times, a little painful to watch, as he searched for a level that was no longer there.
Murray finally coming to terms with his career ending has actually been the very thing that’s enabled his dream send off.
The freedom he’s playing has so far seen him to a quarter final in truly magnificent style, with the dream still far from over.
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