“First set, Andy Murray to serve”. And so began the final leg of the farewell tour. There is no ambiguity, no doubt that it must end here, the question only of how many more days and nights the great man might play.
Happily, this evening, the answer remains unknown, after Murray and partner Dan Evans staged an epic fightback to extend their run at these Olympic Games into the second round of the men’s doubles, not to mention prolong the career of the player who has twice claimed gold.
