Emotional Andy Murray makes summer retirement OFFICIAL as 'awful' defeat proves too much to bear

Scottish sporting great Andy Murray has dropped a bombshell by announcing he will hang up his racquet at the end of the summer.

The Dunblane hero suffered another disappointing exit in the Dubai Open on Wednesday afternoon, losing 6-2, 6-4 to French fifth seed Ugo Humbert in the second round. Murrraycame out on top in a tough first round clash with former top 10 ranked Denis Shapovalov on Monday, but after the match he said he's in the "last few months" of playing in the sport.

And now in this defeat to Humbert, he was so upset that he hit the umpire's chair with his racquet and after the game said that he felt "awful" while playing. He moaned: "Yeah, I mean, I'm likely not going to play past this summer. I get asked about it after every single match that I play, every single tournament that I play. I'm bored of the question, to be honest."

During the match, the double Wimbledon and three-time Grand Slam winner could be heard telling his team "I don't have a clue what I'm doing!" after missing a crucial point. The 36-year-old has been ravaged with injury problems in the last six years and had to undergo surgery to have a new hip installed in 2018.

But on an appearance on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, Murray has expressed his hope of getting one more crack at Olympic glory, having previously won gold medals in both 2012 and 2016. He said: "Hopefully I can get the chance to compete at another one. When the time is right I will probably say something before I play my last match and my last tournament. Whether I say anything months ahead of the time I don't know."

The Parisian summer Olympics is set to take place from July 27 to August 4, shortly after Wimbledon wraps up on July 14. On top of this, Murray has also voiced