"Disappointing and frustrating for me" - Murray following Newport loss to Bublik

| by Alfredo Bassanelli

Andy Murray wanted to show his grass-court qualities at the 2022 Newport Open but he lost to Alexander Bublik in the quarterfinals of the tournament.

The draw opened up nicely for the experienced Scot as the first-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime lost in the second round of the tournament and therefore, his possible semifinal opponent would be world no. 102, Jason Kubler. However, Andy Murray first needed to defeat very dangerous Alexander Bublik and he couldn't do it as he didn't hide the disappointment after the match.

WATCH: Andy Murray limps off the court after reaching Newport quarterfinals
WATCH: Andy Murray limps off the court after reaching Newport quarterfinals

“Obviously I just want the results to be a bit better. I felt like I had a good chance of [advancing] here. If I got through Bublik, it would have been a good opportunity potentially in the semi-finals. But… to have my body feeling pretty good and getting lots of matches in is important for me,” Murray said.

“The grass-court season as a whole there were some good moments, but also some tough ones. Today’s match and the loss at Wimbledon were disappointing and frustrating for me, but then I also had my best wins in a while in Stuttgart. So a bit up and down, but a little bit of progress overall and I’ll try and keep that going through the hard-court summer.”

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“[I want] to continue to improve,” Murray said. “If I keep seeing progress I’ll continue to keep playing. It was disappointing. [The] first set came down to a couple of points and then I had a few opportunities in the second."

"But I thought he played a pretty solid match. Generally he can be a little bit up and down, but there was really only one moment in the second set [when] he was a bit inconsistent. But for most of the match, he was solid,” concluded Murray.

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