Andy Murray has had his say on his draw at the Olympics ahead of his retirement after learning who he will face in his farewell.

The two-time gold medallist pulled out of the singles earlier on Thursday to focus on men’s doubles with Dan Evans. They drew the Japanese duo of Taro Daniel and Kei Nishikori – two men Murray has had some memorable matches against.

As the former world No. 1 prepares to hang up his racket in Paris, he is hoping that he can go out on a high as he addressed his partnership with Evans.

Murray breezed past Nishikori in the singles semi-final at Rio 2016 en route to his second gold medal. But when they meet at Stade Roland Garros, it will be a completely different situation.

Both men are now in the twilight of their careers after years of injury woes. This time, they will face off in the first round of the men’s doubles. And Murray knows that the Japanese team could cause them some trouble.

“They won’t have played too much doubles together over the years. But Kei is obviously a classy tennis player, he has played a lot of doubles over the years and can play very well. I’ve played Daniel in singles, I lost to him at the Australian Open a few years ago,” he said after learning his fate.

The three-time Grand Slam champion is still confident in his partnership with Evans, who he joined forces with on the same courts at the French Open earlier this year. But he knows that the Olympics is a different beast when it comes to the doubles.

Murray continued: “But me and Evo have practised a bit together. We have played tournaments together in the past. We have the potential to be a good team.

“But the Olympics doubles is different, because there’s a lot of pairings in there, you know a lot of the singles guys are playing that maybe don’t the rest of the year. There’s a lot of kind of scratch pairings. But a lot of them can play extremely good tennis.”