‘Shut Up'

Murray involved in fiery exchange with Fognini across the net as he loses in the Shanghai Masters

Andy Murray became involved in a furious row with opponent Fabio Fognini before falling to an agonising defeat in a fiery encounter at the Shanghai Masters event. The 32 year-old Scot gave the feisty Italian some verbal volleys at close quarters before going down 7-6 2-6 7-6 in this second round, having twice served for the match.

Murray was angered when world No 12 Fognini, who would have been his biggest scalp in this latest chapter of his comeback, made a noise as he moved to put away a volley at the net during the tense closing stages of a match that lasted a marathon three hours and nine minutes.

At the following changeover at 6-5, before making his second attempt to serve the match out, there was a heated exchange around the net.

“When I have a volley on top of the net, he shouts and then tells me ‘don’t look at me’ — he shouted in the middle of the point,” Murray told Irish umpire Fergus Murphy, who was struggling to keep control.