Andy Murray insists he has no plans to change style of play following swift French Open exit
Andy Murray insists he has no plans to change his style of play, despite a second successive limp exit from a Grand Slam.
In his first French Open appearance since 2017, Murray suffered the equal worst defeat of his career in a 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 loss to Stan Wawrinka.
It was a stark reminder of the task facing the former world No1 to climb back up from 111th in the world with a metal hip.
But he said: “I don’t think it’s going to be that easy for me to change [my game] at this stage in my career, even though it’s something I have considered and looked at.
“If you consider when I play my best tennis or when I played my best tennis, I know what that looks like. It’s not going around blasting balls and serving and volleying and stuff. To totally change the way you play the game is hard. I need to play better to allow me to play the right way.”
The match was a no contest from the outset, with Murray landing just 40 per cent of his first serves in against the Swiss former French Open champion, who is two years older than 33-year-old Murray and who has been plagued by his own injury problems.
And Murray, who will next be in action in two events in Cologne after Roland Garros is finished, admitted the coming weeks and months would be tough.
“It’s going to be difficult for me to play the same level as I did before,” he said. “I’m 33 now and I was ranked No1 in the world, so it’s difficult with all the issues that I have had. But I’ll keep going.
“Let’s see what the next few months holds, and I reckon I won’t play a match like that between now and the end of the year.”
