'We deserved to win' – Murray praises winning doubles performance
Watch reaction from Great Britain’s Andy Murray and Dan Evans after they reach the men’s doubles quarter-finals with another dramatic victory on day four of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Watch reaction from Great Britain’s Andy Murray and Dan Evans after they reach the men’s doubles quarter-finals with another dramatic victory on day four of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Watch the winning moment from Andy Murray and Dan Evans’ “nerve-wracking” second-round match against Belgium on day four of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Daniel Evans and Andy Murray earned another dramatic Paris Olympics victory Tuesday to extend the Scot’s career an additional day.
Two days after saving five consecutive match points in the opening round, Great Britain’s Evans and Murray fended off two match points to defeat Belgians Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen 6-3, 6-7(8), 11-9.
🇬🇧 THEY’VE DONE IT AGAIN 🗣
The British duo @andy_murray and Dan Evans get a 6-3 6-7 11-9 victory over Gille/Vliegen to advance to the #Paris2024 quarter-finals! #Olympics | #tennis pic.twitter.com/s5TQMjeYYQ
— ATP Tour (@atptour) July 30, 2024
The fans’ favourites tallied four consecutive points from 7/9 in the Match Tie-break, leaping for joy after closing the two-hour, five-minute thriller, during which Evans and Murray had two match points in the second-set tie-break.
They will next look to continue their dream run in a quarter-final match against third-seeded Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul or Dutchmen Robin Haase and Jean-Julien Rojer.
Murray, a 46-time tour-level titlist who ascended to World No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings, withdrew from singles, meaning the Paris Olympics doubles event will mark the 37-year-old’s final outing of his storied career.
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Andy Murray extends his retirement roadshow at Paris 2024 with another epic win alongside Dan Evans to move into Olympic men’s doubles quarter-finals.
Watch the best shots from Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal’s “wonderfully entertaining” straight-set win over the Netherlands’ Tallon Griekspoor and Wesley Koolhof at the Paris Olympics.
Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal are still alive at the Paris Olympics! The Spaniards fought hard and produced trademark moments of magic on Tuesday to earn a thrilling 6-4, 6-7(2), 10-2 win against Dutchmen Tallon Griekspoor and Wesley Koolhof and reach the quarter-finals.
Nadal was in relaxed mood ahead of the clash, with the 38-year-old cuddling his son in the warmup area before the match. The 92-time tour-level titlist then took to court alongside a pumped-up Alcaraz, with the pair receiving raucous cheers from all corners of the stadium.
Dressed in Spanish red shirts and white shorts, Alcaraz and Nadal applied early pressure and gained the decisive break of a high-quality first set when Alcaraz blasted a bullet forehand crosscourt to break Koolhof’s serve. Both let out a roar, bounced to their chairs and took in the support from the crowd, with Spanish flags spread around Court Suzanne Lenglen.
[ATP APP]Alcaraz and Nadal fist-pumped their way through the match, while the crowd regularly leapt to their feet to cheer Nadal’s banana-curling forehand winners and Alcaraz’s lightning-fast hands at the net. In hot Parisian conditions, the Spaniards caught fire in the Match Tie-break. Under pressure, Nadal lifted his level and imposed himself on Griekspoor and Koolhof, striking with intensity on return and finding acute angles to help drive him and Alcaraz to victory.
Nadal is a two-time gold medalist (2008 Beijing singles, 2016 Rio doubles w/ Marc Lopez) and played the role of mentor throughout the clash in Paris. He offered frequent words of encouragement to the 21-year-old Alcaraz, who improved throughout and showed why he is a four-time major champion with a number of explosive winners off the forehand wing and effective moves to the net.
After they sealed victory in two hours and 24 minutes, fans chanted ‘Rafa!” and Spanish captain David Ferrer raised his arms to the sky in delight. Nadal’s sole focus is on the doubles after he lost in the singles to Novak Djokovic on Monday and he let out a roar and a beaming smile after clinching the win with Alcaraz. Alcaraz, who defeated Griekspoor in the singles on Monday, is making his Olympic debut and was ecstatic after the pair earned its second win of the week.
Alcaraz and Nadal, who saved all three break points they faced, embraced after the win and then signed balls for the fans courtside.
The Spaniards will next play Americans Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram in the quarter-finals. The fourth seeds beat Brazilians Thiago Monteiro and Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-4, 7-6(3).
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Reigning Olympic gold medalist Alexander Zverev continued his quest at this year’s Paris Olympics on Tuesday when he moved past Czech Tomas Machac 6-3, 7-5 to reach the third round.
In hot conditions on Court Philippe Chatrier, the German won 88 per cent (14/16) of his first-serve points in the first set and then rallied from a break down in the second set to advance after one hour and 35 minutes.
Zverev, who struck 24 winners, won the gold medal in singles at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, beating Novak Djokovic en route. The No. 4 player in the PIF ATP Rankings will next face Alexei Popyrin after the Australian beat Swiss Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 7-5.
[ATP APP]In other action, American Taylor Fritz moved past Briton Jack Draper 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-2 to reach the third round. The seventh seed, who fired 16 aces and saved all nine break points he faced, is making his Olympics debut.
Fritz will next face Lorenzo Musetti after the Italian beat Argentine Mariano Navone 7-6(2), 6-3. Musetti arrived in Paris in good form, having advanced to his first major semi-final at Wimbledon and the title match at the ATP 250 clay-court event in Umag.
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime wasted little time advancing, defeating German Maximilian Marterer 6-0, 6-1 in 64 minutes. Auger-Aliassime will next face Daniil Medvedev or Austrian Sebastian Ofner.
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