Jamie Murray exits in disappointing day for Scottish stars in Tokyo

Jamie Murray has refused to rule out a fifth crack at the Olympics in three years.

Murray was a late call-up for Team GB in Tokyo but saw his men's doubles campaign ended by home hopes Kei Nishikori and Ben McLachlan.

Murray partnered brother Andy in Beijing, London and Rio, their record not impressive, with one victory and three defeats.

Alongside fellow doubles specialist Neal Skupski he equalled that with a first round win but found Japan's team too hot to handle in sweltering conditions.

"We combined well and did what we could, it just wasn’t to be," admitted Murray, following the 6-3, 6-4 defeat.

"Kei is a world class player and he really showed his quality. On Tour he plays for millions in the singles but the Olympics is special, you get the same medal if you win singles, doubles or mixed.

"I'm loved every Games experience. I'll only be 38 in Paris and there are plenty of guys still going strong at that age.

"We’ll see but if I am there, it’s testament to the longevity of my career to play at that level for so many years."

Kirkwall's Sean Vendy and partner Ben Lane pledged to go all guns blazing in their final Olympic outing after their group-stage exit in Tokyo was all but confirmed.

The men’s doubles pair fell in straight games once again as they were beaten 21-17 21-14 by world No.3s Lee Yang and Wang Chi-in.

Vendy and Lane have one final shot at victory in their closing group game against India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty.

“Just because we've lost the first two matches doesn't mean we're going to approach the last match in a different way,” said Lane.

“We want to win every match we play and see what happens."

The Games have been a steep learning curve for the pair, falling 21-15 21-11 to Indonesian stars Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo in their opener.

They failed to impose their attacking on their opponents representing Chinese Taipei and never won more than one consecutive point in the first game.

They were able to lengthen rallies in the second game, which lasted for 18 minutes but their demise was sealed in 35 minutes.

Meanwhile, Cassie Wild will switch focus to the 200m backstroke after missing out in the semi-finals of the 100m event.

Fellow Scot Kathleen Dawson will line up in the early hours of this morning but Wild touched home in 1:00.20 in her semi-final, good enough for only 14th place with the top eight advancing.

“I’m a bit gutted. I wanted to go a bit quicker, I knew it was going to be tough to make the final but I wanted to progress from the heat," she said.

“I’ve just got to move on and focus on the 200m.”

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