The British tennis great announced prior to this summer’s Games that it would be his last tournament.Olympics
The rollercoaster nature of his career, and his ability to wring every last drop from it, was epitomised by the epic victories which Scotland’s Murray and England’s Evans recorded to reach the last eight.
The pair saved five match pointsts before fighting back against Japan’s Taro Daniel and Kei Nishikori on Sunday, then fought off another two against Belgian pair Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen.
But another herculean effort against opponents of Fritz and Paul’s stature proved out of reach.
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