Murray blames media pressure

Andy Murray blamed the weight of expectation for his hapless first-round exit in the Australian Open.

The 18-year-old Scot suffered a straight-sets defeat to Argentinian Juan Ignacio Chela a day after fellow Briton Tim Henman fell to Dmitry Tursunov.

After suffering a 6-1 6-3 6-3 defeat by Chela at the Vodafone Arena, Murray admitted feeling the pressure.

“If you guys expect me to play well every single match and every single tournament then it’s not going to happen,” a flat Murray said.

“Everybody has a bad tournament sometime. Unfortunately, it came here.

“But I’m going to have much better days than this one, and I’m sure I’ll have worse days. You guys (the media) are expecting me to win matches like this. The guy’s ranked 20 places in front of me. He is a much better player than me.”