Andy Murray and Dan Evans pulled off an astounding recovery from five match points down in the first round of the Olympic men’s doubles to keep Murray’s career alive, eventually defeating Kei Nishikori and Taro Daniel of Japan 2-6, 7-6 (5), 11-9.
Murray and Evans had initially trailed 2-6, 2-4 in a match that was on course to be decided in little over an hour, but the British pair fought back and narrowly edged out the second‑set tie-break to force a 10-point match tie-break. From five match points down at 4-9, with Murray standing one point away from the end of his career, they rolled through seven points in a row to pull out a victory from the jaws of defeat.
