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Andy Murray has admitted he needs to return to his own game after losing in the first round of the bett1HULKS Indoors ATP event in Cologne on Tuesday
Murray fell to Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco in Germany, who followed him out of Roland Garros with a first-round straight-set loss to Stan Wawrinka as he recovered from surgery to hip
« I have to start playing my game again on the field, I got a bit away from it, » he said
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The 33-year-old received a wildcard in Cologne, where he showed a lot of his competitive determination with a number of crucial breaks against Verdasco
The Spaniard, however, proved too strong and eventually progressed 6-4 6-4 after an hour and 40 minutes
Murray, the former world No. 1, admitted there was « a lot » to improve
« I need to train, I need to play matches and physically I need to improve, » he said
« Some things I did a little better but overall it wasn’t much better than this match [against Stan Wawrinka in Paris]
« It’s a surface I’m a little more comfortable on, so it probably helped me. But in terms of my game, it wasn’t much better »
Murray vowed to have « a long, hard thought » after suffering the worst Grand Slam loss of his career to Wawrinka in the first round at Roland Garros, where he won just six matches
He reached the second round of the US Open in September but remains outside the world top 100
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