Andy Murray suffers defeat in the hands of Argentine Diego Schwartzman in Antwerp.
Former British number 1 Tennis player Andy Murray suffers defeat in the hands of Argentine Diego Schwartzman in Antwerp.
Wild card Murray defeated American Frances Tiafoe in an epic first-round which lasted almost four hours after three tie-break sets.
After a day off, he faced Schwartzman for the first time, but it was the Argentinian who found the momentum in a tight encounter to come through 6-4 7-6 (8-6) in two hours and 13 minutes.
“I didn’t make as many good decisions as I would have liked in the second set dealing with adversity,” Murray said.
“Mentally I was poor and my attitude was poor on the court.
“They are two things you can control, if they’re not there that will make the decision-making harder in matches.”
Murray may have dropped to 172 as a result of the points finally coming off from his triumph in Belgium, which came less than a year after his hip resurfacing surgery, but he will take more positives from his week in Antwerp.
He will now prepare for the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, which begins next Monday and November’s Stockholm Open.
Murray could also play at the Rolex Paris Masters in between, possibly as a wildcard or even as a qualifier.
“There’ll be a decision on the final Paris wildcard on Monday, but I might even play the qualis there,” Murray said.
“Sport is a results business. Play well or poorly doesn’t really matter if you lose matches. You need to be winning.
“That’s what I want in the last few tournaments. They are really strong tournaments and there are no guarantees the results will come, but I want to win more matches.”
