Serbian Dusan Lajovic beat Andy Murray 6-4 7-5 on the Miami Open on Wednesday, sending the Briton packing within the first spherical together with his first arduous courtroom win of the season.
Lajovic thrust his fists to the air after surviving a 16-shot rally on the ultimate level, establishing a gathering with American Maxime Cressy, who gained their solely prior encounter.
Lajovic drew first blood, breaking the three-times Grand Slam winner to like within the seventh sport and stored the momentum going within the second set.
Up a break late within the second set, nevertheless, he squandered the benefit with a double fault and a expensive unforced error within the tenth sport, however discovered his nerve to interrupt Murray’s serve within the subsequent sport.
It was disappointing for Murray, who reached the ultimate in Doha final month. The 35-year-old flung his racquet in frustration after a expensive unforced error – one in all 15 throughout the match – late within the affair and instructed reporters he had anticipated a greater efficiency from himself.
“I served pretty well, but the rest of the game was a bit of a problem today. Didn’t really return that well. Yeah, made a number of errors that obviously I wouldn’t expect to be making,” Murray mentioned.
“Wasn’t expecting to play like that, even based on the last few days because I’ve been decent in practice.”
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com