"Physically it'll be OK for the rest of the tournament, but I will need to take a break afterwards." "I'd have been annoyed with myself if I'd decided to play with the issue, made it worse, lost my singles and not been able to perform well in the doubles. "When we spoke about playing, I told Joe that if I had any physical issues I'd prioritise doubles over singles and that's why I made the decision," Murray said. ![]() The Scot was advised not to compete in both the singles and doubles after picking up a minor thigh strain at the start of the Games and subsequently withdrew from the singles. Murray is bidding for a piece of history in Tokyo - no man has won four Olympic medals since tennis returned to the Games in 1988. Murray 'physically OK' despite injury Joe Salisbury and Andy Murray have yet to drop a set in Tokyo Listen to the latest Olympics Daily podcast.Times and channels for BBC's live coverage."It's nice to get this result to show I'm doing something right."īroady will now face France's Jeremy Chardy, while Murray and Salisbury will play Marin Cilic and Ivan Dodig of Croatia next. "I've started to put a few results together and started to build quite stable foundations within my tennis, and off the court. ![]() "To come in and represent Team GB at the Olympics, it can't have gone any better. "It's obviously a career-best and a career high moment," said the 27-year-old from Stockport. ![]() His victory over Wimbledon semi-finalist and world number 12 Hurkacz is his first over a top-20 player. He was only added to the team a week before the Games after British number ones Dan Evans and Johanna Konta contracted coronavirus. World number 143 Broady stunned Polish seventh seed Hubert Hurkacz 7-5 3-6 6-3 to reach the third round.īroady, a late call-up to the squad, said on the eve of his Olympic debut he did not want people to "look at me and think I'm making up the numbers". Murray is bidding for his fourth Olympic medal and Salisbury his first.
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