Andy Murray booed as he suffers one other early exit after Aussie Open catastrophe
Beleaguered Andy Murray was booed by tennis followers as he suffered yet one more first-round defeat.
The Scot, 36, stays winless in 2024 after shedding in three units to France’s Benoit Paire within the first spherical of the Open Sud de France. Murray, who exited each the Brisbane International and the Australian Open after his opening match, let slip a one-set lead towards Paire, at the moment ranked 112, to lose 6-2 6-7 (5) 3-6 in simply wanting two and three-quarter hours.
Incredibly, it was the house participant’s first ATP Tour victory for 18 months. Paire naturally acquired loads of backing from the French crowd, who even resorted to booing Murray.
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In the primary set, after a Paire saved a break level with a Hawkeye problem, Murray complained to the umpire and was promptly jeered by the gang. Former world primary Murray raced right into a 3-0 lead within the opening set after breaking Paire’s first service recreation and broke the Frenchman for a second time within the eighth recreation to wrap it up 6-2 in 38 minutes.
Paire, who reached a career-high rating of 18 in 2016, responded by breaking Murray within the opening recreation of the second set and after the Briton broke again to stage it up at 4-4, it headed for a tie-break. Murray received three successive factors from 5-1 down and saved a set level to claw it again to 6-5, however misplaced the following level on his serve and Paire clinched the tie-break 7-5 to stage the match.
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After each gamers had misplaced their serve early within the decider, Paire made the decisive break when 4-3 forward and served it out to seal a powerful win. Murray, who has stated this 12 months could possibly be his final on tour if he’s “not enjoying it”, misplaced within the opening spherical to Grigor Dimitrov in Brisbane and fell to Tomas Martin Etcheverry in straight units on the Australian Open.
Speaking after the Etcheverry loss, he conceded: “It’s a particular risk that would be the final time I play right here. I believe in all probability due to how the match went and all the pieces. While you’re enjoying the match, you’re clearly attempting to regulate your feelings, concentrate on the factors and all the pieces.
“When you’re one point away from the end, you’re like, ‘I can’t believe this is over so quickly, and like this’. In comparison to the matches that I played here last year, it’s the complete opposite feeling walking off the court. I wish I involved the crowd more. Just disappointed with the way I played and all of that stuff. [It’s a] tough, tough way to finish.”
