Andy Murray prolongs tennis career in dramatic comeback doubles win at Paris 2024 Olympics

He was originally set to feature in both the singles and doubles draw, but withdrew from the former to focus on his pairing with Evans.

The British pair were drawn to face Japanese duo Kei Nishikori and Taro Daniel, neither of whom are experienced doubles players.

But the packed schedule at the famous Roland Garros venue meant Evans was going to have to play twice on one day.

Both Daniel and Nishikori also played in the singles draw earlier in the day, but lost against Casper Ruud and Jack Draper in straight sets.

Evans' match was a much longer affair and he suffered an injury during the match that raised huge concerns on his participation in the doubles draw alongside Murray.

But Evans felt fit enough to compete alongside Murray to give the British sporting icon the chance of at least one final match before retirement.

Speaking before the tournament got underway, Evans stated the British pair were aiming to win a medal in Paris.

They got off to a steady start but an error from Murray in the fifth game of the first set handed their opponents the first break of the match.

The British pair dropped their heads as Nishikori stepped up his level to secure the double break before serving out for the set.

That put Murray just one set away from retirement and they got off to the worst possible start after losing serve to begin the second.

Murray and Evans threatened an unlikely comeback when they clinched their first break of the match to draw the set level in the fourth game.

However, they were unable to consolidate the break in the next game as the Japanese duo got back on top.

Evans got the British pair back on track with the first ace of the match and that appeared to kick them into gear as they broke their opponents to love in the very next game to once again draw level.

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A tiebreak was needed to separate them with Murray smashing a winner at the net to force a 10-point tiebreak to decide the match.

Murray and Evans looked down and out as the Japanese pair pulled out a huge lead to leave themselves with five match points.

However, the British duo incredibly saved all five before taking the lead for the first time in the match.

And there was an eruption of noise when Daniel failed to return Murray's sliced backhand down the line to mark an incredible victory.