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 court docket 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 pricey 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 pricey unforced error – one in every of 15 throughout the match – late within the affair and instructed reporters he had anticipated a greater efficiency from himself.
“I served fairly nicely, however the remainder of the sport was a little bit of an issue right now. Did not actually return that nicely. Yeah, made a variety of errors that clearly I would not anticipate to be making,” Murray stated.
“Wasn’t anticipating to play like that, even primarily based on the previous few days as a result of I have been respectable in follow.”