Murray, who made it to the final in Doha last month, was disappointed. After making a costly
unforced error late in the match—one of 15 made throughout the contest—the 35-year-old
threw his racquet in anger and told reporters he had anticipated a stronger showing from
himself.
Andy Murray was eliminated in the first round of the Miami Open on Wednesday by Serbian
Dusan Lajovic, who defeated the Englishman 6-4, 7-5. This was Lajovic’s first victory of the
year on a hard court.
Lajovic raised his fists in the air after holding off a 16-shot comeback on the last point to set
up a match against American Maxime Cressy, who had previously prevailed in their only
previous meeting.
In the eighth game, Lajovic broke the three-time Grand Slam champion to love and
maintained the momentum into the second set.
Despite being up a break late in the second set, he blew the opportunity with a double fault
and a costly unforced error in the 10th game. However, he recovered and broke Murray’s
serve in the following game.
Murray, who made it to the final in Doha last month, was disappointed. After making a costly
unforced error late in the match—one of 15 made throughout the contest—the 35-year-old
threw his racquet in anger and told reporters he had anticipated a stronger showing from
himself.
“My serving was decent, but the remainder of the match was a little difficult. really didn’t
return that well. Indeed, I have made a number of mistakes that I would never anticipate,”
Murray admitted.
“I’ve been doing okay in practise, but even based on the last few days, I wasn’t expecting to
perform like that.”
