The Briton will focus on the doubles tournament, which he will play with Joe Salisbury.
LBriton Andy Murray, crowned Olympic champion in 2012 in London and 2016 in Rio, has given up participating in the Tokyo Olympic Games singles tournament to focus on the men’s doubles tournament, he explained in a statement on Sunday. of the British Olympic Committee.
“I am very disappointed to have to give up, but the medical staff advised me against participating in two tournaments, so I made the difficult decision to withdraw from the singles table and concentrate on the doubles with Joe Salisbury” , explained Murray, who at 34 is trying to regain his best level after a major hip operation in January 2018.
Murray, 104th in the world, was scheduled to play his first round in the early afternoon this Sunday against the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, 15th in the world.
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