Andy Murray and Dan Evans are one match away from a potential medal. They will face Robin Haase and Jean-Julian Rojer in the Quarter-Finals at the Paris Olympic Games and it was very much ‘happy tears’ for an emotional Murray.
Murray and Evans alongside the Nadalcaraz pairing have been the story of the past week as they defy a lack of doubles credentials and are winning based on sheer belief. In the case of the former World No.1, his career ends if he loses so it’s do or die.
They defeated the Belgian pairing of Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen, 6-3 6(8)-7 11-9 in a dramatic super tie break as they sit one match away from playing for a medal.
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“I mean yeah, obviously it’s unbelievably emotional. You’re obviously unbelievably happy and then for whatever reason, I don’t know why it happens, it’s like happy tears,” said Murray. “I don’t know why that’s the case but yeah I was really emotional at the end of the match. Obviously extremely happy, excited that we managed to get through and another amazing finish so takes a lot out of you that sort of stuff so I’m glad we get a day off tomorrow.”
“The next match is an important one. If we can find a way to get through that one then you get a couple of chances at it.
“But I lost with Joe in the quarters in Tokyo after being a set and a break up and that was really disappointing and we were playing extremely well too. So doubles matches and the way the scoring system is and the way the teams play now, the margins are just, it is so fine that anything can happen really. But we’ve definitely got a chance of getting through to the semis.”
“What happened again was incredible. We’re getting really close to doing something pretty special. We played great tonight,” said Dan Evans also in the post match interview.
“People see that, see how good we’ve been in tight moments, and we’re getting better and better. We played good tennis today, it wasn’t like that last match where we were a bit off and played good in parts. I thought we were unlucky not to win 7-6 in the second set, how that volley went in I still don’t know. I don’t think he [Murray] wants to go home, does he?”
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