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Gabriel McKay

Andy Murray to play at Olympics for Team GB as Scottish star steps up comeback

Tennis legend Andy Murray will look to win Olympic gold for a third time as he joins the Team GB squad for the Games in Tokyo.

The Dunblane ace won singles gold at the London games in 2012 before going on to defend the medal in Rio four years later.

Murray is continuing his rehab from hip problems, having gone out of Queens in the second round to eventual winner Matteo Berrettini.

He'll compete at Wimbledon next week, a tournament he has won twice, before jetting out to Japan with the the Team GB squad later in the year.

Murray said: "The Olympics means a huge amount to me, it’s a massive honour to be able to compete at a fourth Games.

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"Leading Team GB out at the Opening Ceremony five years ago in Rio was one of the highlights of my career.

"Going to a second Olympics as defending champion is exciting and I’m looking forward to the challenge."

Murray is now 34 and competing with a metal hip after surgery.

But he said ahead of his appearance at SW19 he hopes this is not his last appearance at Wimbledon: "To me it's not so much about me worrying about it being my last one, it's just something that I think about.

"I've had so many injuries and so many setbacks you just don't really know what's round the corner. I want to approach each tournament and each match that I play like it's my last one so that I can get the most out of it.

"So that's why I want to prepare here well. I'm going into the bubble on Wednesday evening, so I'm going to get there early to practice at Wimbledon.

"Hopefully I've got some high-quality practices; I'm practising with (Marin) Cilic today and I practise with (Roger) Federer later in the week.

"I'm just trying to play with high-quality grass-court players to prepare me as best as possible. I don't want it to be my last Wimbledon; certainly I want to keep playing, I don't want to stop just now, so, yeah, I want to keep going."

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