ROME — Fatigue from consecutive clay-court titles prompted Andy Murray to withdraw from the Italian Open on Thursday before his third-round match against Belgian opponent David Goffin.
"I'm tired. My body is tired," Murray said. "It's completely normal and I think acceptable to feel like that after the last few weeks."
In the past two weeks, Murray won his first clay title at the Munich Open, and then beat Rafael Nadal in Sunday's Madrid Open final for his first Masters trophy on the surface. The Munich final was delayed one day and played on a Monday, giving him less time to recover for Madrid.