British tennis star Murray pulls out of Monte Carlo Masters

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2007

MONTE CARLO (AFP) — Andy Murray on Tuesday withdrew before his opening match at the Monte Carlo Masters after suffering a back injury in doubles a day earlier.

Murray and his elder brother Jamie had to retire in Monday doubles as the world number ten from Scotland injured a back muscle and could not go on after his side lost the first set in a tiebreaker against Poles Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.

Murray was to have opened in the second round after a singles bye against experienced Frenchman Marc Giguel.

"This is an important time of the year for me because I didn't play so well on the clay last year and I wanted to start off well this year," said the eighth seed.

"I've been playing way better in practice than I was on the clay last year,...