Andy Murray says 'demoralising' Monte Carlo defeat to Alex De Minaur was one of the worst of his career

Andy Murray says he put in one of the worst performances of his career in a «demoralising» first-round Monte Carlo Masters defeat to Alex De Minaur. The 35-year-old produced 26 unforced errors and failed to earn a single break point as he collapsed to a 6-1 6-3 defeat on his first appearance at the tournament since 2017. Ad Murray’s miserable display sealed back-to-back first-round tournament exits, following a straight-sets loss to Dusan Lajovic at the Miami Open, and he was furious with his efforts in Monaco.

ATP Monte CarloMurray exits Monte Carlo with a whimper as De Minaur breezes to victory3 HOURS AGO “It was awful. Nothing was good about it. I don't know exactly why that was.

Obviously I didn't play a great match in Miami. And this was worse than that,” Murray said to The Herald. “I didn't do anything well, didn't serve well, return well, forehands, backhands, shot selection.

It was one of the worst I've played in my career, probably. “I had a match like that last year in Doha against (Roberto) Bautista (Agut) that was pretty bad and maybe one or two others in my career, but in terms of how I felt on the court, it was right up there, just across the board.” Murray exits Monte Carlo with a whimper as De Minaur breezes to victory Norrie suffers first round Monte Carlo exit, Draper and Wawrinka triumph Exclusive: Murray hopes to compete at French Open if body and form allow The newspaper reported that Murray was considering whether to continue the clay-court season, despite telling Eurosport that he intended to play in Madrid, Rome and potentially Roland Garros. Monte Carlo marks the start of the clay campaign in Europe, but Murray surprised himself with his level of performance on the slippery surface.