TEAM GB’S chances of winning a medal in tennis have taken a major blow after Cameron Norrie withdrew from the Paris Olympics.
A statement from the team said he had withdrawn from the men’s singles event due to injury.
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Norrie, 28, was due to take on Tallon Griekspoor at 1:40pm in the first round today.
However, a statement released at 12:06pm confirmed he would not compete in Paris.
Norrie’s withdrawal leaves Daniel Evans and Jack Draper as Team GB‘s remaining medal hope in the competition.
Evans, 34, is taking on Tunisia‘s Moez Echargui on court 10.
Meanwhile, Draper, 22, is up against Japan‘s Kei Nishikori on court 12 this afternoon.
Norrie has been replaced in the men’s singles draw by Greek tennis player Petros Tsitsipas.
He is the younger brother of Stefanos Tsitsipas, with pair set to compete in the men’s doubles event in Paris.
Norrie’s last trip to Roland-Garros for the French Open ended in defeat in the first round.
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His exit comes after Andy Murray also withdrew from the men’s singles event earlier this week.
The Scot will play his final competitive tennis matches with Evans after playing his final ATP tour match at Wimbledon.
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Adam Peaty will be the headline act for Team GB as he goes for gold in the final of the 100m breaststroke (8.50pm).
A lot of eyes will also be on LeBron James, Stephen Curry and the Team USA men’s basketball team, who start their campaign against Nikola Jokic and Serbia (11.15am ET / 4.15pm BST).
There are not expected to be too many other British medal tilts on Sunday, but the women’s gymnastics team (all day) are going through qualification as are the rowing teams (from 8am).
The both the men’s (vs South Africa, 7.15pm) and women’s hockey teams (vs Spain 12.15pm) are both in action.
American swimming stars Carson Foster and Tori Huske are among a multitude of stars joining Adam Peaty in the pool from around 7pm BST / 2pm ET.
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Andy Murray’s career timeline
SIR Andy Murray is Great Britain’s most successful tennis player of the Open era.
After breaking through in 2005 to reach the Wimbledon third round at 18, the Scot was British No1 by the following year.
In 2008 he reached his first Grand Slam final at the US Open, only to fall to Roger Federer in straight sets.
Two more final defeats at the Australian Open to Federer and Novak Djokovic followed in 2010 and 2011 before heartbreak at Wimbledon in 2012.
Despite taking the first set against Federer, he fell 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 in front of a home crowd before breaking into tears on Centre Court.
But a month later on the same court he beat the Swiss legend to earn Team GB a gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics.
And weeks after that he broke his Grand Slam duck at the fifth attempt, beating Djokovic in five sets in the US Open final.
In 2013, following another Australian Open final loss, Murray beat Djokovic in straight sets to become the first British man in 77 years to win the Wimbledon title.
Three more losing Grand Slam finals followed, at the 2015 and 2016 Australian Opens and the 2016 French Open.
But in his third Grand Slam final of 2016, Murray won Wimbledon again with a straight sets victory over Canadian Milos Raonic.
He followed it up with his second Olympic gold medal, beating Juan Martin del Potro in a four-hour epic in the final in Rio de Janeiro.
Later in 2016 Murray became world No1 – the first British man to do so in history.
Over his career Murray reached 11 Grand Slam finals, winning three. He won two Olympic golds and a silver (in the mixed doubles alongside Laura Robson).
He will finish his career with 46 titles and over £50million in earnings, making him the fourth all-time leader in earnings.
And – if he can achieve the perfect fairytale ending, as unlikely as it seems – hopefully another Olympic medal in the doubles alongside Dan Evans.
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