“Andy Murray suffers shocking defeat to world No. 164 at Masters 1000 tournament”

Vavassori, ranked 164th in the world, had never played in the main event of a Masters 1000 tournament before, but he certainly wasn’t intimidated by the famous name. He took a 4:0 lead and subsequently won the set 6:2. Even in the second act, he had the advantage of a break, but the seasoned Briton erased it. It was decided only in the tie break, in which Murray was already losing 1:5. Just when it seemed that he was about to take another breath of his famous turns, there was an incomprehensible error.

At 6:6, the 35-year-old native of Glasgow perfectly prepared the position to rush to the net. He wanted to enjoy the subsequent winning volley and play it with the appropriate feeling. But he sent the ball into the net. He then lost the shortened game 7:9 and said goodbye to the tournament.

“You want to get into exactly such positions. I played it really well, set it up, and then I messed up a very basic simple shot,” said the star veteran.

“Andy Murray’s loss of clear direction underscored undoubtedly one of the worst mistakes of his career, after which he suffered his fourth defeat in a row,” writes the Daily Mail, for example, about the short circuit of the two-time Wimbledon champion.

The traditionally much hyped Murray was visibly frustrated throughout the match. He roared at himself, furiously thrashing his racket after the defeat.

Even though he is obviously completely out of shape on the clay, he does not want to give up participation in the French Open.

“I would like to play in Paris, for the simple reason that I don’t know if I will ever have another opportunity to do so. I feel healthy, so I would like to try it. I also have the ambition to fight for titles at Wimbledon. It’s clear to me that after today it doesn’t exactly sound realistic, but I believe it’s possible,” he explained to British journalists after the unexpected defeat.

Even a fortnight ago, he experienced a fast finish in the first round on the clay in Monte Carlo. After a smooth elimination with Australian Alex De Minaur (1:6, 3:6), he talked about his worst defeat. “Everything wrong. I was stupidly serving, returning, forehand, backhand, shot selection. For me, probably one of the worst matches of my career,” he lamented at the time.