FURIOUS Andy Murray smashed his racket after one other heartbreaking defeat to Alex De Minaur.
The battling Brit, 36, fell to his newest agonising marathon defeat – and a sixth from six in opposition to the Australian roadrunner.
Andy Murray smashed his racket after shedding to Alex De MinaurCredit score: EPA
The Brit couldn’t include his anger any additionalCredit score: Getty
The frustration was clear to see after letting match level slipCredit score: AFP
He let his frustrations out after letting a 5-2 double-break third-set lead go and losing match level by obliterating his body into the court docket.
And that prompted boos from the Paris Masters tennis crowd in Bercy.
Murray was seeking to finish his nightmare run – each in opposition to De Minaur and on the ATP Tour.
The previous world No1 endured a painful defeat to De Minuar in Beijing on the finish of September, breaking his racket in anger.
That was one in every of his 4 defeats in his final 5 matches going into the ultimate Masters 1000 occasion of the season.
Murray beat Yannick Hanfmann in a battle in Basel however misplaced his second-round conflict with Tomas Martin Etcheverry, launching his racket into the court docket in frustration.
However he appeared all set to finish his curse in opposition to the ‘Demon’ on the eve of Halloween.
After seeing three set factors come and go within the opener, Murray misplaced the primary set on a tie-break.
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However he battled again in typical style with a 6-4 second set and was in whole management of the decider, main 5-2 with two breaks.
Nonetheless, the world No13 Australian – the boyfriend of Katie Boulter – broke again and held for 5-4.
Then Murray boomed a pointless forehand lengthy on match level as he tightened up and De Minaur got here up trumps when it mattered.
De Minaur broke once more to stage the third set at 5-5 earlier than holding and securing a fifth recreation in a row to seal victory after three hours on court docket.
And after a backfoot forehand clipped the tape of the web and bounced again on his personal facet, Murray’s rage boiled over.
He whacked his orange Head racket into the center of the onerous court docket, shattering it right into a mangled mess earlier than shaking arms along with his bogeyman.
Murray’s ache was clear to see as he battered the racket additional by his chair after which hit his water bottles on to the ground.
As he did so, although, the 15,000-seater Accor Enviornment burst into jeers to slam the Brit’s fuming however comprehensible behaviour.
Ought to Murray have secured victory, it will have been his finest win by rating this yr.
As a substitute, De Minaur, 24, turned the primary particular person ever to beat Murray on clay, grass, outside onerous and indoor onerous in the identical season following successes at Monte Carlo, Queen’s and Beijing.
And it means world No40 Murray has nonetheless not gone past spherical three of an ATP Tour occasion since reaching the Doha ultimate in February whereas the final time he secured back-to-back victories was in early August.
Murray’s forehand clipped the web to verify the defeat after three hoursCredit score: AFP
He was getting ready to securing his greatest win of the yrCredit score: AFP
The previous world No1’s struggles proceedCredit score: Getty
De Minaur now has a 6-0 file in opposition to MurrayCredit score: AFP