British tennis great Andy Murray kept his Olympic dream alive as he and doubles partner Dan Evans snatched victory from the jaws of defeat to reach the second round at the Paris 2024 on 28 July.

Murray’s final curtain call was all but written as they saved five match points to come back from 9-4 down in the third set 10-point tiebreaker for battling a 2-6, 7-6, 11-9 victory over Japan’s Taro Daniel and Kei Nishikori.

Competing in his fourth Olympics, Murray announced before the global showpiece that Paris would be his “last ever tennis tournament” at the Stade Roland Garros.

The British duo put up a valiant fightback in the second winning the tiebreaker to send the match into a nail-biting third set.

And when Daniel could only hit Murray’s forehand into the net to seal the win, the British pair screamed in delight and punched into the evening air.

The 37-year-old Murray will bring an end to a long and storied career in international tennis which included gold in singles at London 2012 and Rio 2016. The Scot is the only man in history to win two Olympic tennis golds.

Murray’s victory over Djokovic at the 2012 US Open saw him become the first British man to win a Grand Slam singles title since Fred Perry in 1936. He won his first Wimbledon title the following year before regaining the crown in 2016.