Andy Murray has denied his relationship with former coach Amelie Mauresmo came to an end over his on court behaviour.

The Scot reached the second round of the French Open after a five-set victory over veteran Radek Stepanek in Paris.

In an interview in l'Equipe at the weekend, Mauresmo had indicated the Scot's difficulties in controlling his emotions had left her frustrated over the future of the partnership.

Murray also spoke to the French newspaper but he denied his comments were motivated by a desire to hit back at his former colleague.

Me and Amelie have a very good relationship, and I don't think it's fair to try to say otherwise.

"I did an interview before the tournament, before anything that Amelie had said had come out. And the last two days was supposedly that I was hitting back at Amelie's comments and disagreeing with everything that she said and that we had a really tough break-up. That simply is not true.

"When we sat down in Madrid (earlier this month where they decided to part ways) - anyone who said it's heated is lying and was not there. It was far from heated.

"We spoke very calmly the whole time. And to say that the reason that we stopped working together is because of my behaviour on the court, that is not true. In Madrid when we spoke, we didn't discuss that one time.

"For sure, when we were working together, we discussed many things on the court, and there were times when, like with all of my coaches, they said, 'You need to concentrate more on the match. Stop directing your frustration at the box and being distracted from what's going on on the court'.

"But to say that that's why we stopped working together is untrue. Obviously what's happened the last few days has been difficult, because I didn't have a chance to talk about it or respond or anything."

The second seed said although he had not spoken to Mauresmo, he had received a message from the former Grand Slam champion ahead of the tournament.

"I'm sure we'll see each other here at some stage," he added.