A few days after winning a challenger trophy on clay, Murray suffered a disappointing loss against Fognini who was just coming back from injury at the Rome Open.
It was a match that Murray could have won but he was completely outplayed by Fognini who was in control for much of it. It seemed like Fognini could win a point at will while Murray had to labour for every single point he won. He was asked by the Guardian whether he will still play in Paris and Murray said:
"I’d still like to play but we did agree that we’d talk and make a decision as a team after Rome. 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.”
On the match itself, Murray said:
“It was a pretty patchy match. 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.”