First-round result:

A MURRAY GB * v G MONFILS Fra

4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 2-6 1-6

Game-by-game updates:

Fifth set:

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 2-6 1-6 Monfils
Monfils brings up two match points with a forehand winner and Muyrray tamely puts a drive volley attempt over the baseline to hand his fellow teenager the match.

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 2-6 1-5 Monfils
Monfils moves to within a game of the second round. Murray is just waiting for the inevitable now.

"This is such a pity. It was developing into a good match at the end of the second. It's just bizarre."
BBC analyst John Lloyd

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 2-6 1-4 Monfils
The match is surely over now as Monfils breaks again.

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 2-6 1-3 Monfils
Monfils is the first man to hold in this set. The soporific crowd responds with a brief round of polite applause.

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 2-6 1-2 Monfils
Murray's head is down and he's grimacing with virtually every shot. He limps back to his chair after losing his serve again.

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 2-6 1-1 Monfils
And Monfils's troubles continue. Murray gets the break back without really doing much.

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 2-6 0-1 Monfils
It's a bad start for Murray as he loses his opening service game. Still no sound from the crowd, who don't seem to know what to make of things.

Fourth set:

"Will Murray continue? He has a big few weeks coming up on the grass."
BBC analyst John Lloyd

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 2-6 Monfils
Murray saves three set points but he can't do anything about Monfils' ace on the fourth.

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 2-5 Monfils
Ominously for Murray, Monfils looks to have found his form again after that worrying spell in the third set and the beginning of the fourth. Murray saves several break points to force the 25th seed to serve out the set.

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 1-5 Monfils
Murray looks to have given up on this set.

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 1-4 Monfils
Monfils chases down a drop shot and plants it down the line to get the double break. A fifth set is surely beckoning.

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 1-3 Monfils
Even the break of serve doesn't seem to have settled Monfils. The Frenchman faces another break point but he staves off the danger.

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 1-2 Monfils
Monfils is arguing a call again, which has the crowd on his back. A Murray mistake gives Monfils another break point and finally the Frenchman takes advantage of his opponents's discomfort to break.

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 1-1 Monfils
Monfils halts the run of games against him. It is far from comfortable for the Frenchman but perhaps it will kickstart the recovery

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 1-0 Monfils
The pattern continues. Murray's serve is sitting up invitingly for Monfils, but the young Frenchman is unable to take advantage.

Third set:

If he wasn't making errors, Monfils was hitting it straight down the middle of the court. Murray could have won that set on one leg almost.
BBC analyst John Lloyd

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-1 Monfils
Silence on Chatrier court as Murray takes the set thanks to a string of gifts from his opponent. The stats show Murray nailed only 57% of his first serves in that set.

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 5-1 Monfils
Monfils's frustration shows as a return goes long, allowing Murray yet another easy point. There's a brief delay as Monfils argues a call before Murray moves to within a game of the set.

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 4-1 Monfils
Monfils gets on the board in the second set, but more through luck than judgement. Murray gets more treatment at the changeover.

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 4-0 Monfils
This match has taken a very strange twist. Murray is clearly struggling with his back problem, but Monfils now cannot keep the ball in court.

Murray takes an injury time-out. The physio massages some cream into Murray's lower back and the Briton emerges for his service game.

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 3-0 Monfils
Monfils' inexperience shows. The Frenchman appears distracted by his opponent's injury and several errors allow a limping Murray to break for a second time.

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 2-0 Monfils
This is baffling. There have been no signs of Murray struggling until now, but all of a sudden he is serving at half-pace and feeling his back. His groundstrokes are still functioning though and that allows him to hold serve from deuce.

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 1-0 Monfils
Murray looks to press home the advantage and Monfils crumbles under the pressure by double-faulting twice from deuce to give his opponent the early break. Murray calls for the trainer.

Second set:

Looking at the two players, I think Monfils is more tired than Murray, which you would not expect given Murray's physical problems in the past. I think Murray's going to come through this match.
BBC analyst John Lloyd

Murray 4-6 7-6 (7-2) Monfils
A rasping forehand onto the back line puts Murray 5-2 ahead, and a Monfils error gives the Briton four set points. Murray needs only one as he levels the match.

Murray 4-6 6-6 Monfils
Murray earns a set point with some astute play, but Monfils saves it with a sizzling forehand onto the line. The crowd, who have been virtually silent so far, are finally getting into the match as an against-the-odds pass gives Monfils game point, but Murray hits back magnificently with a return winner. The Frenchman hangs on to take it to a tiebreak.

Murray 4-6 6-5 Monfils
Philippe Chatrier stadium is still not full - probably because of the unseasonal weather. The absentees are missing an absorbing match. Murray looks like he's cruising to a love service game at 40-0 but he lets Monfils back in. It looks like Murray's drop shot could be the story of this match - two terrible efforts gift Monfils break points but the shot also gets the Briton out of trouble in an epic game.

Murray 4-6 5-5 Monfils
Monfils starts badly with his fourth double fault of the match. But at 30-30, Murray dumps a routine return into the net and the 25th seed comes through.

Murray 4-6 5-4 Monfils
Murray wins a gruelling second point with a winning smash, after which both players have their hands on their knees. It is Murray who recovers quickest though and he moves ahead again.

Murray 4-6 4-4 Monfils
Monfils holds to 15, as Murray takes his foot off the pedal.

Murray 4-6 4-3 Monfils
Murray's inexperience shows as some rash shots hand Monfils three break points. Murray's backhand goes wide on the first.

Murray 4-6 4-2 Monfils
Murray clinches the break his play in this set has deserved. He powers a forehand return onto the baseline and Monfils can't handle it.

Murray 4-6 3-2 Monfils
Murray comes through another service game comfortably, enabling him to focus on getting the crucial break.

Murray's nickname at the Sanchez-Casal Academy in Barcelona was 'Lazy English'.
BBC commentator Chris Bailey

Murray 4-6 2-2 Monfils
Monfils wastes a game point but takes a second to level the set.

Murray 4-6 2-1 Monfils
Monfils goes off the boil and allows Murray a love service game - a very rare occurrence in this match.

Murray 4-6 1-1 Monfils
Murray looks like he has decided to seize the intiative. The Briton is trying to get the first big hit in and it's working. Monfils has to save three break points before coming through.

Murray 4-6 1-0 Monfils
Murray is back on track. The Briton slides a forehand down the line to get off to a confident start in this set.

First set:

"That set was like an extended version of Tom and Jerry - it's cat and mouse out there."
BBC commentator Chris Bailey

Murray 4-6 Monfils
The sun is out in Paris as Monfils takes the opening set. Murray has two chances to break back but is too tentative and the Frenchman's nerve holds.

Murray 4-5 Monfils
A familiar slump of the shoulders from Murray as a forehand into the net gives Monfils two set points. The Scot survives - just.

Murray 3-5 Monfils
Murray steers a sliced backhand down the line and a Monfils error hands the Briton two opportunities to break back immediately. Monfils saves both and screams "Allez" as he takes the game with a passing shot.

Murray 3-4 Monfils
Monfils is hitting the lines at will and a swinging forehand brings up two break points. Murray gets the better of two entertaining rallies, the second a volley exchange at the net. But the 19-year-old makes two forehand errors and Monfils wins his fourth game in a row.

Murray 3-3 Monfils
Monfils is in trouble again at deuce but gets himself out with a delicate drop volley from an attempted Murray pass.

Murray 3-2 Monfils
Murray clenches his fist as he dives to reach a volley and sees it drop just over the net. That makes it 30-30 but Monfils is warming to his task now and he goes onto earn his first break point. Murray lofts too many high balls at Monfils and the Frenchman unwinds a huge forehand to get back on serve.

Murray 3-1 Monfils
A frustrated Monfils gives away another two break points with errors, but Murray cannot capitalise this time and the Frenchman gets his name on the board.

"If they're both going to sit on the baseline and trade groundstrokes as they have so far, this will become a very physical battle. They're lucky it's so cold."
BBC analyst John Lloyd

Murray 3-0 Monfils
Another poor drop drop shot from Murray puts him in trouble at 15-30. But the 19-year-old recovers once more, firing a stunning backhand down the line to bring up game point.

Murray 2-0 Monfils
Murray is mixing up the pace, keeping Monfils guessing. The tactics work perfectly and earn the Briton two break points. He grabs the second after a lucky net cord.

A brief downpour forces the players off but they are quickly out again for Monfils' opening service game.

Murray 1-0 Monfils
Monfils wins the toss and elects to receive, hoping to put the pressure on Murray early on. It nearly works. An awful drop shot attempt and a double fault put Murray on the back foot, but the Briton recovers. Rain has started to fall in Paris.