Andy Murray fans left emotional after spotting subtle change to his Twitter bio immediately after retirement following Olympics exit

It wasn't meant to be for Team GB's Andy Murray and Dan Evan as they went crashing out of the 2024 Paris Olympics at the hands of Americans Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz.

The British duo suffered a 6-2 6-4 defeat to the American pair despite showing signs of resilience clawing back from a 4-1 deficit in the second set.

A win was always going to be a hefty ask against the Americans who have looked strong throughout the Games and it was just that as the pair knocked out Murray and Evans in the men's doubles quarter-finals at Roland Garros.

Thus drawing a curtain on Andy Murray's illustrious sporting career after two Olympic gold medals and three Grand Slam victories. 

Murray made it clear that the Olympics would be his final tournament but many still found it difficult to come to terms with the reality and salt was rubbed further into their wounds when Murray himself made a subtle change in his 'X' bio going from 'I play tennis' to 'I played tennis'.

One fan wrote 'Oh man, I just clicked on @andy_murray's profile and saw he's changed his bio and felt a bit tearful'

While another added 'The bio change and the tweet while the rest of us are busy crying. Never change @andy_murray'  

'noooo andy murray changed his bio to be in the past tense' followed by four crying face emojis, a third commented.

Others although emotional about his departure from tennis saw the funny side to Murray's subtle yet impactful bio change. 

Highlighting that his dry humour is what made him so likeable and almost a breath of fresh air in the tennis world. 

'Bro Changed his bio from ‘I play Tennis’ to ‘I played Tennis’ accompanied with three laughing emojis one 'X' user wrote.

'This is the best retirement announcement I’ve ever seen. Congrats on your retirement Andy. There will never be another quite like you.' a second fan added.

Before a third said:

'The best at dry humour. Gonna miss that! Gonna miss you @andy_murray

'Thank you for keeping us on the edge of our seats so many times. Just brilliant'

One more fan applauded the simplicity of Murray's retirement announcement, driving home the point that it cemented his position as one of Britain's greatest athletes of all time.

'Andy Murray confirmed his retirement by adding two extra letters to his bio and one HILARIOUS tweet. 

'Remember at the beginning of his career when people tried to claim he was boring and had no personality. 

'One of the greatest British sportsmen of all time. Hero.' he said.

As somebody else commented 'The best at dry humour. Gonna miss that! Gonna miss you @Andy_murray

'Thank you for keeping us on the edge of our seats so many times. Just brilliant'.