Tim Henman has chosen Andy Murray as his greatest British sportsman of all time.
Tributes have been pouring in for the 37-year-old after he announced that the upcoming Olympic Games would be the final tournament of his career.
The Brit has decided to call time on his playing days at an event in which he enjoyed plenty of success.
Murray wants to bow out of the Olympics with some more coveted hardware and will attempt to do so alongside Dan Evans in the men’s doubles competition in Paris.
Why does Tim Henman think Andy Murray is Britain’s greatest sportsman?
Henman has watched Murray closely throughout his career as he brought plenty of joy to the British public with his accomplishments.
He witnessed Murray battle up the rankings from a young age and regularly compete against arguably tennis’ three greatest players in Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.
The former British number one competed with such fierce determination each time he stepped on the court and worked incredibly hard to maximise his talent.
Therefore, it is for reasons such as these that Henman thinks Murray is Britain’s greatest sporting export.
“I’d go Andy Murray. I think I’m a bit biased as I don’t think you are comparing like with like, with some of our Olympians whether that is, Steve Redgrave or Laura Kenny, Daley Thompson, Bradley Wiggins, there are so many,” Henman told talkSPORT.
“In an individual global sport and you think of the competition that Murray has been up against, it’s phenomenal how well he has done in an era of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic but you could look back and say Faldo has won six majors, that shouldn’t be overlooked. But in my mind Andy Murray is right up there in that conversation.”
What are Andy Murray’s greatest career achievements?
Murray will end his career at the Paris Olympic Games with a very impressive résumé.
He will hang up his racket after winning three Grand Slam titles in what many describe as the toughest era in men’s tennis.
He claimed the 2012 US Open title after defeating Djokovic before winning his first Wimbledon title against the same opponent the following year.
Murray’s first major came just a month after he claimed the first of his two Olympic titles when he defeated Federer at the London Games.
In 2016 Murray had possibly the best year of his career. He claimed his second Wimbledon crown before defending the Olympic title in Rio, making history as the first man to do so.
Murray ended that year by beating Djokovic to claim the ATP Finals for the first time and in the process finish a season as the World number one for the only time in his career.
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