Juan Martin del Potro’s remarkable run at this year’s Olympics has come to an end just shy of the gold…

The 27-year-old Argentine tennis player lost to defending Olympic champion Andy Murray in men’s singles final at the 2016 Rio Games with a hard-fought, four-set loss.

Murray needed just over four hours to win 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 against del Potro, who won the bronze medal at the 2012 London Games.

The world number two, who defeated Roger Federer in straight sets to win gold on Wimbledon‘s Centre Court in London four years ago, made an early break on his way to taking the opening set.

But when del Potro bounced back to claim the second, Murray was faced with the prospect of a least two more sets with the men’s Olympic final a best of five match as opposed to the best of three for the rest of the tournament.

Murray rallied to race through the third before sealing victory over a tiring Argentine in a roller-coaster fourth set that featured seven breaks of serve, Murray sealing the win appropriately enough with a break to avoid a tie-break or the need for a fifth set.