After three Grand Slam titles, UK tennis legend Andy Murray, 37, officially retired from the sport on Thursday after losing in the Paris Olympics, closing the door on a stellar yet injury-laden career.

Andy Murray said he was retiring “on my terms” as his trophy-filled career came to an emotional end at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, closing another chapter on tennis’s golden generation.

The former world number one and three-time Grand Slam title winner slipped into retirement aged 37 when he and Dan Evans lost in the men’s doubles quarter-finals at Roland Garros.

American pair Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul delivered the knockout blow with a 6-2, 6-4 victory on a packed Court Suzanne Lenglen.

Britain’s Murray had already announced that the Olympics would be his last event.

I’m proud of my career, my achievements and what I put into the sport,” said Murray.

“Obviously it was emotional because it’s the last time I will play a competitive match. But I am genuinely happy just now. I’m happy with how it finished.”

He added: “I’m glad I got to go out here at the Olympics and finish on my terms because at times in the last few years that wasn’t a certainty.”

Just a few hours after Murray had made his exit, he cheekily wrote on X: “Never even liked tennis anyway”.

Career-long rival Novak Djokovic described Murray as “an incredible competitor”.

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