Dan Evans needs to win an Olympic medal for Andy Murray to offer the Scot a memorable send-off.
Murray is taking part in the ultimate match of his profession in Paris and, having withdrawn from the singles, all his hopes now relaxation on a males’s doubles marketing campaign alongside Evans.
On his central position in one of many key tales of the Video games, Evans mentioned: “It is cool however there’s nothing extra I would like than to get a medal for him, and for myself clearly.”
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Evans is taking part in singles as effectively however is focusing totally on doubles having had restricted coaching time since struggling a knee damage at Queen’s Membership final month.
The pair, who start their marketing campaign on Sunday in opposition to Japanese duo Taro Daniel and Kei Nishikori, won’t be among the many favourites to win a medal however each have had success in doubles earlier than and have performed starring roles for his or her nation in Davis Cup.
“We each agreed at first of the week that we will prioritise doubles,” mentioned Evans. “It is simply the way it’s labored out with my knee at Queen’s, I needed to take a while after Wimbledon. We have put all of our efforts into that, all of our follow into that.
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“Clearly I’ve nonetheless performed some singles however we have been targeted on that and we have been doing a little good work. I can not see any purpose why we do not have a superb likelihood to do one thing particular.
“Understanding Andy as I do, he is as aggressive as ever, he is working as onerous as ever. He was on the market doing sprints on the finish of our session and never for one second is he right here (simply) to say goodbye. He is right here to win a medal after which he’ll do his personal goodbye, hopefully on the rostrum.”
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Murray ‘one of many main lights ever for Group GB’
Evans watched from afar as Murray wrote himself into Olympic historical past by changing into the primary participant to win two singles gold medals, in London and Rio.
The Scot carried the British flag on the opening ceremony in 2016, and Evans added: “There’s not many phrases you may say about how large an influence he is had on British tennis, however not simply British tennis, British sport. I might say he is one of many main lights ever to have worn Group GB package.”
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Group GB Chef de Mission Mark England pays tribute to Andy Murray’s Olympic legacy with the two-time gold medallist saying that this summer season’s video games in Paris shall be his final match
Evans can be a veteran at 34 however this shall be his Olympic debut after he selected to skip the Video games in 2016 after which was pressured out of Tokyo after contracting Covid.
He’s having fun with the expertise, though he admitted that sharing a flat with Murray and the remainder of the British males’s tennis group has its ups and downs.
“It has been actually good,” he mentioned. “It has been very totally different to what we’re used to in a very optimistic means. Roland Garros seems very totally different, village life is totally different to what we’re used to and it is a distinctive expertise.
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Andy Murray’s Olympic room mate and fellow Brit Cameron Norrie, was not stunned that it might be Andy’s final match as he is aware of how a lot the Olympics means to him
“Dwelling with them lot is just not straightforward. Other than Jack (Draper), I suppose we have all been on tour fairly lengthy, so all of us get on fairly effectively. It is the primary time I’ve lived with these guys so it is totally different, that is for positive. However it’s fairly cool that you just go down within the morning to see all the opposite athletes getting their espresso and converse to them, see what their day’s like.”
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