Murray pulls out of French

ANDY MURRAY has withdrawn from the French Open and will focus on building up to Wimbledon. The Scot, who turned 35 yesterday, said he would skip the whole clay-court season then changed his mind and took a wild card into last week’s Madrid Open. He produced some of his best form since hip surgery to reach the third round, beating Dominic Thiem and Denis Shapovalov before having to pull out of what would have been a first clash with Novak Djokovic since 2017 because of illness. He remained in the Roland Garros draw and it appeared Murray, who has reunited with coach Ivan Lendl, could opt to play in the year’s second grand slam after all, but he has now pulled out and is sticking to his original plan. World No 1 Djokovic, meanwhile, claimed his first title in over six months after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-0, 7-6 to win the Italian Open yesterday.