(Reuters) – Andy Murray ought to contemplate whether or not he has the appropriate to simply accept wild playing cards into main tournaments on the expense of rising younger gamers, seven-time Grand Slam champion Mats Wilander stated after the Briton crashed out of the French Open.

Murray, a former world primary, was given a wild card into the French Open however dropped out within the opening spherical on Sunday with a 6-1 6-Three 6-2 loss to Stan Wawrinka — his joint-worst loss at a Grand Slam.

“I preserve getting slightly disenchanted, is it his proper to be on the market doing that? I did it and I should not have, it was the largest mistake I did in my profession,” Wilander instructed Eurosport.

“I believe Murray must cease pondering of himself and begin occupied with who he was. Does he have a proper to be on the market taking wild playing cards from the younger gamers?”

Murray, who returned to singles motion final 12 months after a number of hip surgical procedures, gained the Antwerp title in October — a outcome that raised hopes he may once more problem on the prime.

Nevertheless, the three-time Grand Slam winner seemed a pale shadow of himself on Sunday and admitted after the match that he would have arduous take into consideration his sport.

“It is robust to give up, for positive. By giving us all hope by taking part in, it is simply not proper,” Wilander stated. “I really like the truth that he’s again and attempting. Hopefully he’ll work out why he is doing it.”

(Reporting by Arvind Sriram in Bengaluru; Modifying by Tomasz Janowski)