The farewell tour finally came to an end for Andy Murray, who saved yet another match point but could not pull off a third escape act in the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles at Roland Garros.

Alongside Dan Evans, Murray was facing American pair Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul, with the latter saying before the match that he was hoping to retire the double Olympic champion.

When Murray and Evans saved match points to break back at 5-2 in the second set, having already saved seven to get to this stage, it seemed as though they might be on the comeback trail once again.

But on this occasion, they had left themselves too much to do, going down 6-2 6-4, before Murray’s named was chanted from all sides of Suzanne Lenglen Arena in the final match of the greatest career of any Scottish sportperson.

Earlier on day six, Team GB added three medals to their total with a silver and two bronzes at Stade Nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne.

Helen Glover, Esme Booth, Rebecca Shorten and Samantha Redgrave picked up silver in the women’s four while the men’s four and women’s double sculls crews also claimed bronze inside a spectacular hour of racing.

The women’s four were beaten to gold by just 0.18 seconds as the Netherlands reversed yesterday’s dramatic finale in the women’s quad showpiece, but mother-of-three Glover believes her team could not have done any more.

“I think the thing that I've learned is the most frustrating thing is to look back and find things you could do differently,” she said.

“I think today we put it all out there, we raced the plan we wanted to race, we raced together with so much heart. You know what, there can’t be regret looking back and knowing you did all you can.”

The day started with bronze for Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne and Rebecca Wilde in the women’s double sculls.

The pair sealed a place on the podium and maiden Olympic medals after they finished a little over a second quicker than the Dutch in the women's double sculls final, with New Zealand piping Romania to top spot.

In the final rowing race of day six at Paris 2024, Oli Wilkes, David Ambler, Matt Aldridge and Freddie Davidson overcame a frustrating start to secure a gutsy bronze in the men's four.

The double world champions swept past Italy 800 metres from home, with the United States taking gold and New Zealand silver.

In the swimming pool, the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay team finished fifth, while Laura Stephens was eighth in the women’s 200m butterfly.

Duncan Scott and Tom Dean qualified for the men’s 200m individual medley final, where they will once again take on France superstar Leon Marchand in a marquee match-up.

Ben Proud qualified fastest for the men’s 50m freestyle final, as he looks to add Olympic gold to the world title he won in 2022.

In Marseille, Emma Wilson has guaranteed herself a windsurfing medal with the final still to go.

Already possessing a bronze from Tokyo, Wilson will definitely add another Olympic medal to her collection after topping the standings prior to the final race of the regatta, scheduled for Friday.

Elsewhere, Slalom canoeist Joe Clarke will rely on the perspective brought by fatherhood when he processes finishing fifth at the Olympics.

The script had it that Clarke would come to Paris as reigning world champion and avenge his controversial non-selection for Tokyo by winning gold.

The 31-year-old fuelled expectation by posting the fastest time in the semi-finals but he was a second short when it mattered, losing out to the brilliant Giovanni di Gennaro of Italy who won gold and home favourite Titouan Castryck silver.

“It’s hard to put into words,” said Clarke, who led after the first split but ran into trouble at the fifth and sixth gates.

Meanwhile, Tommy Fleetwood has made a promising start to the men’s golf event on day one with a four-under-par round of 67 enough for tied-sixth overnight.

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