Tennis legend Andy Murray has crashed to his worst ever clay court docket defeat, smashed 6-2 7-6 by Italian World No. 164 Andrea Vavassori on the Madrid Open.
It was the second straight match he has been dumped out within the first spherical of after he was smashed by Aussie Alex de Minaur in Monte-Carlo.
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The three-time grand slam champion misplaced two break factors to go down 4-0 within the first set earlier than it completed on serve.
The second set was nearer and went to a tie-break, however Murray saved 4 match factors earlier than dropping the match on the fifth.
It was the primary time in 12 appearances in Madrid that Murray, the 2015 champion within the Spanish capital, was knocked out within the first spherical.
Murray was fuming over his efficiency, smashing a racquet in rage.
It’s the primary time since April 2006 that Murray’s misplaced to a participant exterior the highest 100 on clay.
“It wasn’t great. Started to play a bit better towards the end but the start was slow,” Murray lamented.
“He played very well at the beginning and he’s serving huge. Some of the errors, you know, are hard to explain.
“And the one at the net – it’s not a shot that top players should be missing. A bad miss.”
But regardless of the loss, Murray mentioned he hoped to play on the French Open for the primary time since 2020.
Murray has solely performed the French Open as soon as since reaching the 2017 semi-finals, dropping within the first spherical to Stan Wawrinka three years in the past.
“I would like to play, just purely because I don’t know if I’ll get another opportunity to play again,” Murray mentioned on returning to the French Open, the place he was runner-up in 2016.
“Whilst I feel fit and healthy, I would like to give it a go.
“I also have ambitions of competing for Wimbledon titles and that sort of stuff, and I know that sitting here today that probably doesn’t sound realistic, but I do believe that that’s a possibility. I obviously want to do the right thing there.
“It’s impossible to say what the right thing to do is, but obviously it’s a Grand Slam. I would like the opportunity to play.”
With AFP
Source: www.news.com.au
