Concerned Murray baffled by cramp

AndyMurray

The Brit came through his first-round match on Monday by seeing off Haase 6-3 7-6 (8-6) 1-6 7-5 on a hot opening day at Flushing Meadow.

Murray was in trouble at the start of the third set, though, as he suffered from severe cramp and the world number nine revealed that he feared a first-round exit in the last grand slam of the year 

He told BBC Sport: "I was in a good position, and then my body failed me.

"I panicked, because you don't know what to do. I got broken at the beginning of that third set, and you think: 'What do I do? Do I try to conserve energy or do I try to finish it in three sets?'

"I don't really know how I managed to get through.

"It's not the worst I have ever felt necessarily, but it's the worst I have ever felt after an hour and a half of a tennis match.

"That's what was worrying about it, is it came after such a short time.

"I've played four-and-a-half, five-hour matches and felt pretty awful afterwards, but not after an hour and a half."

The 2012 US Open champion is determined to ensure he suffers no such problems when he faces German qualifier Matthias Bachinger in the second round.

"Maybe I'll speak to a nutritionist and look at what I had eaten the last three, four days." he added.

"I don't think I was that dehydrated, because I needed to go to the toilet when I got off the court.

"I don't know exactly what happened, but I will try to get to the bottom of it before I play again."

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