Andy Murray said he hopes to play at Roland Garros for the primary time when you consider that 2020 next month after crashing out inside the first round of the Madrid Open on Thursday.
The three-time Grand Slam champion has simplest played the French Open once when you consider that accomplishing the 2017 semi-finals, dropping within the first round to Stan Wawrinka 3 years in the past.But he stated he ought to return to the Parisian clay, after dropping 6-2, 7-6 (9/7) to Italian qualifier Andrea Vavassori in Madrid.
“I would love to play, simply basically because I don’t know if I’ll get any other opportunity to play again,” Murray stated on returning to the French Open, where he turned into runner-up in 2016.
“Whilst I experience suit and wholesome, I would like to present it a cross.
“I additionally have goals of competing for Wimbledon titles and that sort of stuff, and I understand that sitting right here today that possibly would not sound sensible, but I do agree with that it really is a possibility. I obviously need to do the proper element there.
“It’s impossible to say what the proper factor to do is, but glaringly it’s a Grand Slam. I would like the opportunity to play.”
World number 164 Vavassori turfed out the former world primary in directly units within the Spanish capital.
Murray became also knocked out inside the first round on the Monte Carlo Masters a fortnight ago, describing it as “demoralising” and “awful”.
“Second set started to get into it a chunk more. Was playing I think a chunk higher, some fine symptoms,” Murray stated on Thursday.
“Some of the mistakes are difficult to provide an explanation for.”
Vavassori broke world variety fifty two Murray two times to take a 4-zero lead within the first set earlier than serving out, together with his opponent unable to force a single wreck point.
The 27-yr-antique broke once more for two-1 in the 2d set however fired into the net to permit his opponent lower back in to level at 4-4, with Murray celebrating furiously.
Vavassori dedicated a double fault at healthy point inside the tie-spoil and then hit the internet with every other shot, earlier than Murray stored a 3rd match factor on serve.
The Briton stored a fourth too, however the Italian clinched victory at the 5th time of asking while Murray erred badly at the net.
It is the primary time -time winner Murray has fallen at the first hurdle in Madrid in 12 appearances.
Earlier, Austria’s Dominic Thiem beat Kyle Edmund 6-four, 6-1 to set up a second-spherical conflict with Stefanos Tsitsipas.