Andy Murray can dream of a 3rd successive Olympic tennis singles title after the extinct world No 1 used to be chosen in the British crew for the Tokyo Video games.
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The 34-twelve months-light Scot’s occupation has been blighted by damage since beating Juan Martin del Potro in a memorable final in the 2016 Rio Video games.
Andy Murray will furthermore play in the males’s doubles in Tokyo, but with Joe Salisbury and never his doubles specialist brother Jamie.
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The three-time Colossal Slam champion made a return to singles movement at key Wimbledon warm-up tournament Queen’s final week after being sidelined with a groin damage.
Nevertheless, he lost in straight sets to eventual champion and top seed Matteo Berrettini in the second round.
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Murray has been granted a wild card for Wimbledon, the build he has been topped champion twice, which gets underway subsequent Monday.
The Video games, postponed in 2020 because of this of of the pandemic, take station in Japan’s capital from July 23 to August 8.
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Andy Murray is going to the Tokyo Olympics! Dreams of 3rd gold medal