Dan Evans SOBS as Olympics and Team GB team-mate Andy Murray's career comes to an end after their heartbreaking exit from the men's doubles was confirmed in Paris

Dan Evans was left in floods of tears as his and Andy Murray's Olympic journey was ended, with the latter making his final professional appearance in tennis.

The duo were beaten by USA duo Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul in an Olympic quarter-final and emotions were running high at Roland Garros in the aftermath of defeat.

Evans and Murray have already produced some incredible moments at the Olympics, with their jumping-for-joy celebrations following their previous win an iconic moment in Team GB tennis.

However, it was opposite emotions on show on Thursday evening with Evans understandably struggling to contain his emotions as Murray's exit from tennis was confirmed.

Evans was applauding the crowd and his team-mate following the 6-2 6-4 loss and was visibly upset after putting so much effort into trying to keep Team GB's Olympic journey alive in the men's doubles.

It was a highly-charged atmosphere as Murray's career came to an end with the 37-year-old an icon of world tennis and looked up to by the likes of Evans and other British stars.

Murray previously announced ahead of Paris 2024 that this would be his final event before retirement and it was hoped that his bowing out would coincide with an Olympic medal.

Having pulled out of the singles event to fully focus on his bid for men's doubles glory, Murray teased fans that the final chapter might just be a golden one.

In the end it wasn't meant to be as the pair struggled to match the quality of Fritz and Paul who are now amongst the favourites to lift gold as they prepare for a semi-final showdown against Australia's Matthew Ebden and John Peers.

Murray also struggled to hold back the tears and eventually gave in, briefly embracing Evans while waving to the crowd but still showing class to sign autographs for kids in the stands.

A demonstration of sporting merit also saw the American victors applaud Evans and Murray as they exited the court to make their way back to the changing rooms.

Murray won three Grand Slam singles titles during his career, including Wimbledon twice and was at one time ranked world No.1 in men's singles.

He also won three Olympic medals for Great Britain - two singles golds, plus a silver in the mixed doubles at London 2012.