Andy Murray still hopes to compete at the Olympics in Paris but will only do so if he thinks he can add to his collection of medals.
Murray has continued to hint at his upcoming retirement from the sport, mentioning last month that he ‘didn't plan on playing much past this summer’.
Wimbledon, where Murray has won two of his three major tournaments, might be seen as the most likely place for his final performance.
However, the Scot has confessed that he still has aspirations of competing in another Olympic Games this summer in France.
The 36-year-old is the only male player to win two individual gold medals but he emphasized that he would need to earn his spot on the team, not wanting to unfairly take a place from one of his compatriots.
‘I would love the opportunity to participate in another Olympics but only if I believed there was a chance of winning a medal,’ he stated in an interview with The Times.
‘We have top doubles players and also Jack [Draper], Cam [Norrie] and Evo [Dan Evans] in singles as well.
‘I don’t want to be in a position where I'm selected to play there just because it might be my final tournament.’
With a singles opportunity possibly unlikely, Murray’s path to a fourth Games could be through the doubles competition, where he made it to the quarter-finals with Joe Salisbury in Tokyo.
Murray has been repeatedly questioned about his retirement from the sport following a disappointing start to the year which saw him lose six consecutive matches for the first time in his career.
However, he indicated that he was not in a rush to set a specific date for his impending retirement.
‘The decision is mine to make, not anyone else’s. I don’t see why there should be an eagerness for people to stop doing what they enjoy,’ he stated.
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