Andy Murray started relatively favorable to Gilles Simon in the first round of the Paris Masters 2022. Despite facing 3 chances to win the break of Simon, Murray still saved and led 3-0.
Go to the 9th game, Murray to break and be shortened by Gilles Simon to 4-5. But thinking that losing the hinge game made the world's No. 1 difficult, he had one more game and ended set 1 with a score of 6-4.
The first half set 2 takes place in balance. Each player has once won the break. At the 8th game, Andy Murray continued to break Gilles Simon's game to lead 5-3. However, since this break, Murray is confusing.
The player from the United Kingdom consecutively lost the next 2 breaks. In the opposite direction, he did not once do the same thing and accepted to lose set 2 with a score of 5-7.
At the decisive set, Andy Murray continued to play unsuccessfully. He 2 times to lose break (game 3 and game 9) and lose with a score of 3-6.
Losing against Gilles Simon made the journey of Andy Murray at Paris Masters closed right from the first round. Simon's opponent in the second round was Taylor Fritz – the No. 9 seed of the tournament. In the first round, Taylor Fritz easily beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina after 2 sets with a score of 7-5 and 6-2 respectively.
