Andy Murray is looking forward to representing Great Britain at the 2016 Olympic Games, describing it as sport's biggest event.
The
28-year-old won gold in the men's singles at London 2012, defeating
Roger Federer in the final at Wimbledon,
and will be hoping to do
replicate that feat in Rio de Janeiro next year.
The
world number two – who also took silver alongside Laura Robson in the
mixed doubles three years ago – admitted the Olympics comes at a
difficult time in the tennis calendar, but it is an event he hopes to
arrive to at the peak of his powers
"[I am]
really looking forward to it, I would imagine it will be great fun over
there, probably hot, tough conditions, but the Olympics is the biggest
sporting event in my opinion by far," Murray told Omnisport.
"Nothing
comes close to it, some people say football World Cup, but at the
Olympics you have all of the best athletes in the world across all of
the sports competing for their countries, and it comes round once every
four years so there is a lot of pressure on everyone to perform.
"I'm
really looking forward to it; it should be a great event. In the tennis
calendar it comes at a tough time because we have Wimbledon, the
following week is the Davis Cup, then the Olympics a couple of weeks
after that.
"So it is a very busy time of
year, but we'll adjust my schedule so I can hopefully peak and play my
best tennis at the Olympics."
Murray played a
starring role in Britain's Davis Cup triumph this year, winning all 11
of his rubbers to help end the nation's 79-year wait to reclaim the
crown.
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