Andy Murray has admitted he is at peace with his decision to retire from tennis after his defeat at the Olympics. The British sporting icon has bowed out after feeling that he was no longer able to compete physically at the highest level.
Murray told Eurosport: “A few months ago I was not looking forward to it. Like in most jobs when people retire generally it’s more of a celebration because they’re looking forward to it.
“I’ve obviously loved playing tennis so I wasn’t necessarily really looking forward to that moment. But after I had the operation on my back at Queen’s, I was struggling to walk. It was kind of an emergency operation that I had to have.
“I’ve been looking forward to the end [since then] because physically it’s been tough and I’m not able to move around the court and do the things I want to do physically.
“Therefore I can’t compete to the level that I want to. So yeah I’m happy to be finishing now. I was worried about it in the last year or 18 months, what I’d do with myself, but I’m looking forward to the end.”
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