Andy Murray will play for a shot at an Olympics medal in what is the final tournament of his career when he and Dan Evans play in their men’s doubles quarter-final.
Murray and Evans produced another sensational escape act on Tuesday night to keep their Olympics dream alive, saving two match points to defeat the Belgian pair Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen , 6-3 6-7 (8) (11/9), in another thrilling match tiebreak.
In the previous round, Murray and Evans saved five match points in their win against Kei Nishikori and Taro Daniel, which extended the 37-year-old’s career. Although Murray and Evans played considerably better in the second round deserved the win.
Now into the quarter-finals, one more win would secure two chances to win a medal at Murray’s final tournament before retirement. Victory in the semi-finals would guarantee either gold or silver and defeat would still result in a chance to win bronze in the play-off.
First, though, they must come through a quarter-final test against the American duo of Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul. They beat the Dutch team of Robin Haase and Jean-Julien Rojeo on Wednesday, which gives Murray and Evans an extra day to prepare.
When will Andy Murray’s match be?
Murray and Evans are next to play on Court Suzanne-Lenglen, after Felix Auger-Aliasime saw off Casper Ruud in three sets, just before 7pm.
Murray and Evans will take to court at around 7:15pm BST.
Order of play - Court Suzanne-Lenglen
starting at 11:00
WD QF MUCHOVA / NOSKOVA (CZE) vs HSIEH / TSAO (TPE) - complete, Muchova and Noskova in three sets
MS QF (3) ZVEREV Alexander (GER) vs (11) MUSETTI Lorenzo (ITA) - complete - Musetti won in two sets
MS QF (6) RUUD Casper (NOR) vs (13) AUGER-ALIASSIME Felix (CAN) - complete - Auger-Aliassime won in three sets
MD QF (3) FRITZ / PAUL (USA) vs EVANS / MURRAY (GBR) - next on
What has Murray said of his Olympics campaign?
“We were very lucky in the first match and today we weren’t. The margins are so fine, we need to perform at a really high level in a couple of days’ time to go through.
“And you build confidence by winning matches like that and I think your opponents see that, that you’re coming back when you’re behind and that builds belief.
“But you can’t have that mentality of ‘Oh this is just going to happen now.’ We need to be switched on for the next one and let’s see what happens in a couple of days.”
