Andy Murray experienced a bad loss at the 2023 Madrid Open but the worst was probably his miss in the second-set tie-break.
The former world no. 1 lost the first set 2-6, but he had a chance to win the second set to take the match into a decider. But a terrible miss at 6-6 in the tie-break eventually proved to be too costly as Murray was defeated by Andrea Vavassori.
After the match, the main talking point of the first-round clash became the miss that the 35-year-old experienced player was able to produce and therefore it was not a surprise when he was asked about it during the post-match press conference.
"Yeah, and that's what I mean. Obviously everyone misses bad shots throughout their career, but I don't have too many like that and have always been pretty good at cleaning up and finishing up points. You know, whether that be with overheads or put-aways on short balls and stuff."
"Yeah, I mean, it wasn't the only one either. There was a couple of pretty bad ones at important moments, like even in the second game of the match, I think it was 30-All, and, yeah, had a very easy forehand volley which went into the middle of the net."
Despite the painful loss, especially in the second-set tie-break, Murray was still able to joke with the reporter, claiming that probably even he would have made that shot. Of course, without trying to disrespect his tennis abilities as the three-time major winner continued to joke around.
"There was like three, I think, in the tiebreak, and I missed every single one of them in the net. Yeah, I guess that's a frustrating thing as well, because, you know, like to get into those positions, like you construct the point well, you play a good point, you play the right way, and then, yeah, just butcher the basic, the simple shot. You probably would have made that (smiling). No disrespect to your tennis abilities, but I mean it's not a shot that top players should be missing. Bad miss."
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