Andy Murray holds talks to make final French Open decision after Rome loss

Andy Murray is set to make his final decision on playing the French Open after suffering an early exit in Rome. The world No 42 crashed out to Fabio Fognini 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the opening round on Wednesday. He had been hoping to play Roland Garros again but revealed after the match that he would be holding talks with his team before committing.

“I’d still like to play but we did agree that we’d talk and make a decision as a team after Rome,” he told The Guardian after the match, admitting that his Roland Garros participation was still up in the air. Murray said he and his team would hold talks before making a call, having previously outlined Rome as the last tournament to help him give a judgement.

He added: “That is what I wanted, to see how my game felt, how I was playing and physically how I was doing in some of the longer matches before making a definitive call on it. We’ll have those discussions in the next few days.”

A former champion in Rome, Murray didn’t appear too downbeat about his three-set loss to his former top 10 rival. “It was a pretty patchy match,” he said of the almost three-hour battle. “There was some good stuff in there but also some pretty average stuff. He played very well in the third set. My level was OK in the third, but he played really well in the third.”