Murray swears he is not that bad

Andy Murray believes English speakers have a hard time hiding their on-court swearing while far worse phrases are yelled in Spanish, Italian and Croatian.

Andy Murray admits he can be foul-mouthed on the tennis court, but when it comes to swearing there are a lot worse offenders around than him, he believes.

Murray let fly with a few more expletives in his French Open second round match at Roland Garros on Thursday despite comfortably seeing off Marinko Matosevic of Australia 6-3 6-1 6-3.

Asked if he thought it would be a good idea at times for players to have mini microphones attached to their shirts during games, Murray said it could work.

"I think with a lot of the players it would be very interesting," he said.

"I think the players that speak in English everybody picks up on that. But some of the stuff that guys say in other languages is a lot worse than the couple of words that I tend to use on the court."

Asked who the offenders might be Murray replied: "Some of the ones in Spanish aren't great. Some of the Italian phrases, as well, are not so good. Some of the Serbian phrases also aren't great, either.

"I'm not the only one that talks to myself. I think what I say is fairly mild compared to the guys that speak the other languages that people don't pick up on."

Next up for Murray will be a match against Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber, who brushed him aside 6-2 6-1 on clay in Monte Carlo four years ago in the only meeting they have had to date.

"Very, very tough match for me. I played him once before on clay and I think I got three games or something," he said.

"He obviously won a tournament (in Dusseldorf) last week. He's not dropped a set here, I don't think. So, yeah, he will be very tough, very good player."


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