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 | Murray dropped out in Rome on the eve of his birthday16-05-2013 |
The Olympic champion Andy Murray dropped from further participation in the Rome Masters. On the eve of his 26th birthday, the second in the world ranking dropped during his match against Spaniard Marcel Granoyers with a score 3:6, 7:6 (5). Despite winning the second set, the Scot who had pain in the lumbar region, considers that there is no point to risk and decided to give up in order to initiate on May 26 Roland Garros.
Another of the favorites Stanislas Wawrinka also gave up, but before the start of his match against Alexander Dolgopolov, and the reason is tiredness.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga quit the race after losing with 4:6, 6:7 (5) vs Jerzy Janovic, who brought the first surprise in the tournament.