(VIDEO) "Stadium full of Italians booing and whistling": Murray hits back at Italian crowd after controversial line-call at Rome Open

Andy Murray was left fuming on Wednesday night with a controversial line-call that saw the crowd turn against him at the Rome Open against Fabio Fognini.

"How can you see that ball from there being in? How is it possible," Murray asked Lahyani. "You can see the clay is still there. You can see the ball mark. You know you've got that wrong."

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That frustration continued onto social media with Murray saying the umpire couldn't read it properly.

"Stadium full of Italians booing and whistling, thinking I'm trying to cheat Fabio out of point all because Mo [Mohamed Lahyani] couldn't read a mark properly. Cheers mate," Andy Murray wrote on Instagram.

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