Andy Murray seems prone to have made his ultimate look on the French Open after shedding within the males’s doubles alongside Dan Evans.
The British pair had been overwhelmed 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-3) by South American duo Sebastian Baez and Thiago Seyboth Wild within the first spherical.
Murray, 37, says he doesn’t plan on “enjoying a lot past the summer season” and returned to Roland Garros for under the second time since 2017.
The previous world primary lost in the first round of the singles on Sunday.
He took a wildcard to play with Evans within the doubles however, after ready three days to play once more due to rain delays, the pair misplaced in straight units.
Afterwards, Murray mentioned he didn’t “remorse” coming into the doubles and having to hold round through the disruption.
“It has been irritating for everybody,” mentioned Murray.
“I felt like we had a superb probability to do effectively and we agreed if we had been going to play, we’d play to try to win the match.
“I’ve been struggling a little bit bit with my again the final couple of weeks, so I most likely wanted a number of lighter days anyway.”
Cheered on by the majority of the followers packed into a decent exterior court docket, Murray and Evans led by a break within the first set and twice fought again from shedding serve within the second.
However they had been made to pay for gradual begins in every of the tie-breaks.
“It was clearly a troublesome match,” mentioned Evans.
“I most likely did not have my greatest match, however we fought fairly arduous. All credit score to them.”