Murray crashes out of Olympics
2008-08-11 13:45
Beijing - Sixth seed Andy Murray of Britain suffered an upset 7-6 6-4 loss to Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan in the first round of the Olympic Games on Monday.
Murray, who picked up his first Masters Series title in Cincinnati this month, lost the first set against the hard-working Taiwanese player ranked 77th in the world, despite having led 5-2.
Lu challenged on set point of the tie-break, but the Hawkeye system broke down and umpire Enric Molina of Spain confirmed a Murray double-fault.
Murray, who looked increasingly uncomfortable in his regulation British shirt, had three break points at 4-4 in the second set but the Taiwanese player crucially held serve.
Lu then broke Murray and won the next game at his first match point.
- AFP