The former world number one, 37, waved goodbye to the crowd as he left Court Philippe Chatrier after being beaten 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 by fellow veteran Stan Wawrinka. Murray's last three matches on the Paris clay have now ended in defeat to Wawrinka. In 2017 they played an epic semi-final, which Murray lost in five brutal sets.
Today could see the last time Rafael Nadal plays at Roland Garros the venue he has dominated since the mid-noughties. Fourteen titles on the red dirt of Paris is something the sport will likely never see again, but if you think he has deserved a kind draw as his career nears its end then fate clearly doesn’t agree. The Spaniard faces fourth seed Alexander Zverev in a first-round match that will test both his diminishing clay-court powers and his creaking body.
Murray was beaten in straight sets during the first round by the Swiss veteran.