Evans Murray save 2 more match points, keep dream Olympics run alive

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniel-evans/e687/overview'Daniel Evans/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-murray/mc10/overview'Andy Murray/a earned another dramatic a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/paris/96/2024/results'Paris Olympics/a victory Tuesday to extend the Scotrsquo;s career an additional day. /p

pTwo days after saving five consecutive match points in the opening round, Great Britain's Evans and Murray fended off two match points to defeat Belgians a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sander-gille/gd32/overview'Sander Gille/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/joran-vliegen/v895/overview'Joran Vliegen/a 6-3, 6-7(8), 11-9./p

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The British duo a href="https://twitter.com/andy_murray?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"@andy_murray/a and Dan Evans get a 6-3 6-7 11-9 victory over Gille/Vliegen to advance to the a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Paris2024?src=hashamp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"#Paris2024/a quarter-finals! a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Olympics?src=hashamp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"#Olympics/a | a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tennis?src=hashamp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"#tennis/a a href="https://t.co/s5TQMjeYYQ"pic.twitter.com/s5TQMjeYYQ/a/p

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The fans' favourites tallied four consecutive points from 7/9 in the Match Tie-break, leaping for joy after closing the two-hour, five-minute thriller, during which Evans and Murray had two match points in the second-set tie-break. /p

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They will next look to continue their dream run in a quarter-final match against third-seeded Americans a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tommy-paul/pl56/overview'Tommy Paul/a or Dutchmen a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/robin-haase/h756/overview'Robin Haase/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jean-julien-rojer/r513/overview'Jean-Julien Rojer/a./ppMurray, a 46-time tour-level titlist who ascended to World No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings, withdrew from singles, meaning the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/paris/96/2024/results'Paris Olympics/a doubles event will mark the 37-year-old's final outing of his storied career.

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