Murray suffered one other opening-round exit on the clay in Bordeaux as he crashed out to Stan Wawrinka 6-3 6-0. The world No 42 is now set to announce whether or not he'll play the upcoming French Open after a combined clay season, which noticed him win a Challenger title however lose early in Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome.

The Brit is a former finalist on the French Open and has performed the event simply as soon as since his semi-final run in 2017. But Murray hasn’t all the time had the perfect of luck in France, as he beforehand suffered a defeat so disappointing that he stormed out of his journey after a ultimate throughout an argument along with his then-coach.

Back in 2007, Murray misplaced the Moselle Open ultimate to Tommy Robredo 0-6 6-2 6-3. And final yr, he remembered being so annoyed with himself for dropping from a 6-0 lead that he left his taxi and walked the remainder of the best way house.

“I remember losing in the final to Tommy Robredo,” he instructed the Moselle Open YouTube channel. “I had started that match unbelievably well, I won the first set 6-0 and then it didn't go my way after that.”

Murray was simply 19 years outdated and dealing along with his former coach Brad Gilbert on the time, and ended up in a row along with his mentor. He continued: “I was just reminded this week by the driver, who drove me back to the hotel after that final, that my coach [Brad Gilbert] was very upset with me after I lost the match.

“On the way back we were arguing a lot and I ended up leaving, I got out of the car and walked back to the hotel.” And it has turn into his lasting reminiscence from the event, as he added: “That's probably my biggest memory from Metz because it's the first and last time I did that.”