"Just frustrating" - Andy Murray after round one Washington exit

Andy Murray had high hopes upon arriving in Washington but the Brit ran into Mikael Ymer who proved a tough task to overcome.

It was a strange matchup on paper for Murray as Ymer will generally force you to beat him which isn't the way Murray is playing at the moment. The Brit does better against players who like to take the initiative so he can force them to miss. Ymer is a wall in that regard and it proved very hard for Murray to overcome.

Speaking after the match he said:

"It was disappointing obviously. I thought there was some good tennis in the first set. After that, both of us were struggling a bit physically. The level of tennis was not great. Obviously had chances in the first set to close that out. I had set point in 6-5, then... three in the tiebreak, and didn't get it."

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The opening set was a huge blown chance by Murray who had three set points but could not do anything with them. The 2nd set was much better albeit Ymer greatly helped with some physical issues:

"I think he seemed like maybe he was cramping a little bit in the second set, but recovered absolutely fine after the break at the end of the [second] set. Went off to change and cool off a little bit, and he recovered well for the third, whereas I didn't really. Yeah, just frustrating."

The final set collapse is troublesome for Murray and he admitted that he'll take a look at it with his team:

"Actually in Newport I cramped right at the end of one of my matches there. Really hot and humid. Usually I quite enjoy playing in those conditions. Struggled a little bit the past two tournaments with that. I need to have a little look at that with my team and maybe see why that is, make a few changes."

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