Andy Murray was knocked out of the Miami Open in a dramatic 5-7 7-5 7-6 (7-5) last-32 defeat by Tomas Machac. The Briton, 36, converted his ninth break point to take a 6-5 lead in the opening set before serving out to love.
\nBut Machac hit back to win the second set and then clinched the match in a third-set tie-break, having previously been broken when serving to progress. Murray received treatment on an ankle injury late in the third set and was also agitated by movement in the crowd.
\nElsewhere, British number one Cameron Norrie lost 7-5 6-1 to third seed Daniil Medvedev in just 81 minutes.
\nMurray\u2019s match against 23-year-old Czech Republic player Machac lasted three hours and 27 minutes and saw him save match point to force a tie-break.
\nAfter the Briton secured the opening set, Machac broke Murray for the first time at 6-5 in the second set \u2013 which was interrupted by a brief rain delay \u2013 to draw level.
\nBut Murray\u2019s frustration grew with people in the crowd moving and umpire Carlos Bernardes at the end of that set.
\nIn response to an unheard reply from Bernardes to Murray\u2019s \u201cuseless, useless\u201d comment, the Scot responded: \u201cWhat are you talking about? It\u2019s quite obvious when people are standing up between every single point.\u201d
\nMachac raced into a 3-0 lead in the decider, but Murray retrieved a break and saved match point when serving to stay in the match before succumbing to defeat when he lost the tie-break.
\nHe had worryingly gone down with an ankle injury at the net after hitting the winner to level at 5-5 in the third set.
\nHe received treatment from the physio and managed to continue but could not overcome a resolute Machac, who was ranked two places lower than the then 58th-placed Murray.
\nMedvedev has too much for Norrie
\nNorrie, 28, conceded two early breaks in the opening set against Medvedev and left himself with too much to do.
\nHe was blown away by Medvedev\u2019s serve in the second set, with the Russian winning eight of nine first-serve points.
\nThe world number three was happy to progress, but expressed concerns about the balls being used after the win.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a bit strange,\u201d said Medvedev. \u201cThe court is pretty fast but the balls get old very fast.
\n\u201cSo at one moment in the rally, you feel like there isn\u2019t much you can do, so you can\u2019t go for the winner because the risk-reward isn\u2019t there.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s the same for the opponent, so we just hit, hit.\u201d
\nMeanwhile, Australian Open winner Jannik Sinner lost the first set to the Netherlands\u2019 Tallon Griekspoor before the Italian recovered after a rain break to win 5-7 7-5 6-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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