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Andy Murray is already planning a hefty off-season after suffering an agonising defeat to Alex de Minaur at the Rolex Paris Masters. The world No 40 led 5-2 in the final set before losing five games in a row and has since given a brutal assessment of his game, claiming he wasn’t “enjoying” his tennis.<\/p>\n
Murray was understandably disappointed after blowing a huge lead over\u00a0De Minaur\u00a0in his first-round match on Monday. It was the second time in a few weeks that the Brit had a match point over the world No 13 but failed to beat him. And Murray smashed his racket twice as De Minaur came through 7-6(5) 4-6 7-5.<\/p>\n
The 2016 champion in Paris-Bercy gave a damning verdict on his performance as he outlined his plans to work on his game for several weeks during the upcoming off-season. \u201cI mean obviously right now, the way the match finished, it\u2019s pretty disappointing,\u201d Murray said immediately after walking off court.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t play well. I didn\u2019t play well for large parts of the match and found myself in a good position. You know, to be fair to him, he didn\u2019t miss any returns, he gave me no free points and then I didn\u2019t come up with enough good shots when it mattered. And then he started playing better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Click here to join our WhatsApp community to be the first to receive breaking and exclusive tennis news<\/strong><\/p>\n Just in <\/strong> Djokovic holds talks with ATP CEO as Serb forces hand with players complaining[LATEST] <\/strong><\/p>\n After blowing a double-break lead, Murray couldn\u2019t recall a similar collapse in his career before. The 36-year-old continued: \u201cHe definitely, when he went behind in the third set, started being more aggressive, putting me on the back foot a bit more. But I think that\u2019s a first for me. Not sure, but I can\u2019t remember finishing a match like that before.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t remember. I mean, it may have happened but I don\u2019t remember.\u201d It wasn\u2019t just the defeat that concerned Murray, but it was the manner in which he lost the match. The three-time Grand Slam champion wasn\u2019t happy with his serving stats, something he knew he had to change.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, I also throughout the match was getting hardly any free points off my serve really,\u201d he explained. \u201cI think I served two aces across a three-hour match, so you’re having to work all the time for all of the points. Obviously it’s nice when you’re under pressure to get some free points, to get some cheap points, and I didn’t get any really in the games when I needed it.\u201d<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/72\/590x\/secondary\/5040509.jpg?r=1698691029193\")
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