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 | Murray with surprising loss in the third round in Paris2-11-2012 |
The Olympic champion and title holder of the U.S. Open Andy Murray (Britain) squandered machbol and surprisingly eliminated in the third round of the series "Masters" in Paris with prize fund $ 2.4 million.
Number 3 in the scheme-ranked Murray lost with 7:5, 6:7 (4), 2:6 by the Polish qualifier Jerzy Yanovich for 2:25 hours.
The Scot served for the match in 5:4 in the second set, but let breakthrough, and then stepped and in the tiebreak with 4:7.
In the decisive third set, Murray won only two games. Yanovich lead with 5:1 and by the end both took service in their games.
The 21 years old Pole, who is 69th in the ATP rankings, scored 22 aces and made three breaks.
The loss of Murray means that for the first time since 2010 the title in Paris will be won by the player outside the top four in the world rankings.
As is known, the world number 1 Roger Federer (Switzerland) and No. 4 Rafael Nadal (Spain) did not participate this year, and Novak Djokovic (Serbia) fell in the second round after a loss of Sam Querrey (USA).