Murray says he won’t live in Rio’s Olympic Village

11:08 PM ET

MADRID — Defending champion Andy Murray says he won’t be living in the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, preferring to stay at an apartment with the British tennis team.

Murray stayed in the athletes’ village in Beijing in 2008, but not in London in 2012, when he won the Olympic gold medal in the singles tournament.

“I’m not staying in the Village,” he said after a second-round victory over Radek Stepanek at the Madrid Masters on Tuesday. “I’m staying in an apartment with the rest of the team.”

He said he had fun socializing with athletes from other sports in Beijing, but in Rio this August he decided to repeat the winning formula from London.

“To be honest, when I stayed in the village in Beijing I had a great time,” said the No. 2-ranked Murray. “But my tennis was pretty bad there. I did something different obviously during London and that worked out well for me.”

“My job there is to try to prepare as best I can and win a medal for my country,” Andy Murray said in announcing he will stay at the British tennis team apartment in Rio, not the Olympic Village. AP Photo/Mark J. …

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