“I didn’t hit the ball particularly well so I was on the back foot in most of the rallies,” said Murray.
“I was just battling, timing was off from the back of the court a little bit, but that’s the first time since February where I played three consecutive days.”
A defiant Murray declared deep runs at ATP tournaments were ‘coming’ – but he came up short against an aggressive Paul in the opening set.
The Scot brilliantly recovered to reach the third set, and neither player earned a break point until Murray hit the net and struck an ill-timed double fault to gift Paul the opportunity to serve for the win.
source: express.co.uk