Andy Murray admits he feels ‘crushed’ after losing in the Men’s Doubles quarter-finals at the Olympics.
The two-time Olympic gold medallist failed in his attempt to win a medal for a third consecutive Olympics after him and Joe Salisbury lost to Croatian duo Ivan Dodig and Marin Cilic 4-6 7-6(2) 10-7.
It means that Murray will likely not win another Olympic medal with this expected to be his last Olympic Games.
On social media Murray admitted that he was crushed about today’s result:
Having been a set and a break up it looked like that Murray was going to have a fairytale ending to his Olympic career.
However the Croatians turned the match around to seal victory and a place in the semi-finals.
Murray also spoke to BBC Sport about whether he will indeed compete at another Olympics, “I don’t know if I’ll get the opportunity to play again,” the three time grand slam champion added.
“I’ve loved every minute of playing in the Olympics. I wished today could have gone differently. I had another chance with Joe to win a medal. We were so close, and that’s what’s disappointing. I would like to have done some stuff differently in the match to try to help out more. Very disappointed.”
Murray will now look ahead to the US hard court season where he will look to compete at this year’s US Open where he is one withdrawal away from the main draw.
As for Cilic and Dodig they will now face New Zealand duo Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus.
The other semi-final will see top seed Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic take on US duo Austin Krajicek and Tennys Sandgren.
