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Murray Withdraws from Rome, Citing Fatigue

Andy Murray has pulled out of the Internazionali BNL D’Italia, saying he needed to take a break ahead of the French Open. The Scot has won back-to-back titles on clay, and is undefeated on the surface at 10-0 this season.

Sudden news that Andy Murray doing a press conference in 5 minutes, that sounds like a withdrawal from Italian Open.
— Mike Dickson (@Mike_Dickson_DM) May 14, 2015

Andy Murray out of the Italian Open with 'fatigue'
— Mike Dickson (@Mike_Dickson_DM) May 14, 2015

Murray’s withdrawal gives David Goffin a free ride into the quarterfinals, where he will face either David Ferrer or Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. Journalist Nick McCarvel captured some of Murray’s quotes from the press conference:

"It's been a long, long three weeks for me on clay," Murray says as he announces he's out of Rome. "I don't want to risk making it worse"
— Nick McCarvel (@NickMcCarvel) May 14, 2015

More from Murray: "I was just flat (in practice today). I was completely flat. It's the right thing. I need to take a break" #IBI15
— Nick McCarvel (@NickMcCarvel) May 14, 2015

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