Andy Murray’s farewell tennis tour continues for another day after the Briton and partner Dan Evans defeated Belgians Joran Vliegen and Sander Gille 6-3 7-6 11-9 to reach the quarter-finals of the doubles event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The British duo started the first set on the clay courts of Roland Garros at lightning speed with a 3-0 lead, after which they won the first set 6-3.

Their Belgian opponents put up a fight in the second set with Murray – who has announced that the 2024 Paris Olympics will be his last tournament as a professional tennis player before he retires – and Evans losing the tiebreak.

But they eventually won the deciding tiebreak in the third set 11-9 on clay and went on to advance.

They will face American third seeds Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz or Dutch duo Robin Haase and Jean-Julien Rojer.

Elsewhere at Roland Garros, Katie Boulter and Heather Watson reached the last 16 of the women’s doubles, beating Laura Siegemund and Angelique Kerber 6-2 6-3.

The brilliant Spanish duo of Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal were forced into a deciding match by their Dutch opponents, but still managed to reach the last eight.

Murray and Nadal are on opposite sides of the doubles draw and could meet in a potential gold medal battle on Saturday afternoon.