Olympics-Tennis-Murray's career ends in Olympic doubles defeat

Paris 2024 Olympics - Tennis - Men's Doubles Quarterfinals - Roland-Garros Stadium, Paris, France - August 01, 2024. Andy Murray of Britain and Daniel Evans of Britain react during their match against Taylor Fritz of United States and Tommy Paul of United States. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura

PARIS (Reuters) - Andy Murray's illustrious career finally came to an end as he and doubles partner Dan Evans were beaten 6-2 6-4 by American pair Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul in the Olympics quarter-finals at Roland Garros on Thursday.

The 37-year-old Scot, regarded as one of Britain's greatest sportsmen after twice winning Wimbledon and reaching world number one, announced before the Games that he would retire once it was over.