Marcos was beaten in the first round at Roland Garros on Wednesday, falling to France’s Benoit Paire 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-4, 6-4. The match had been carried over from Tuesday, when play was suspended due to bad light at 4-3 in the third set.
A telling statistic for Marcos was Paire’s clutch play on break points – the Frenchman saved 14 of the 16 break points he faced, including eight in the sixth game of the third set, before he promptly broke Marcos for a 4-3 lead.
Marcos will now make a welcome transition to grass and play his first tournament of the four-week season at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, which begins on Monday, 10 June
