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2/9/10 8:15 PM | Johan Lindahl
There's no mystery as to Andy Murray's absence from this week's ABN-AMRO event in Rotterdam. The Scot is in fact aiming to make up last year's no-show for fans in Marseille which starts Monday.
Rotterdam tournament director Richard Krajicek has no hard feelings concerning the Scot, who beat Rafael Nadal for the indoor title in 2009.
"Andy not coming back to defend has absolutely nothing to do with money and not getting a big enough guarantee," said the 1996 Wimbledon winner. "He and his management were always above board with us and I have absolutely nothing against him in his decision not to play. In fact. I think it shows a lot of class.
"Last year he was supposed to play both here and then go on to the next week’s tournament in Marseilles. However after winning he felt so fatigued that he had to withdraw from the Marseilles event which made him feel kind of bad.
"Knowing that playing the back to back tournaments so soon after the Australian Open was a demanding schedule, he decided only to commit to one. As he let the people in Marseilles down last year, he thought it was only fair that he should play there this time."
Rotterdam had to deal with other late pullouts, including injured Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Rafael Nadal, resting his injured right knee.
Gael Monfils is in the draw but perhaps a slight doubt after a knee injury last week in Johannesburg coupled with an existing shoulder problem.
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