“Also I heard in the first match with Murray, I heard something mistakes. It's just about how you read the mark. Obviously he reads the mark wrong sometimes.” During his match towards Djokovic, Rune advised the supervisor that Lahyani was “against” him as he referenced different matches from Madrid and Basel.

The Swedish umpire was additionally caught up in a storm following Murray’s match, wherein the Brit argued that one of Fognini’s shots was out regardless of Lahyani calling it in. “Mohamed, look. How can you see that ball from there being in? How is it possible? You're trying to make a mark now. You can see the clay is still there. You can see the ball mark,” he may very well be heard saying.

Murray went on to lose in three units and likewise aired his grievances with the umpire following the match, as he took to Instagram to hit out at cheating accusations by commenting on a video of the incident. “Stadium full of Italians booing and whistling, thinking I'm trying to cheat Fabio out of point all because Mo couldn't read a mark properly. Cheers, mate,” he wrote.