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Andy Murray followed fellow Englishman Emma Raducanu out of the Miami Open in the first round after losing in straight sets to Dusan Lajovic.
The 35-year-old crashed to a 6-4 7-5 loss to the Serbian opponent – hours after Raducanu had been eliminated from the women’s event with a three-set reversal against Bianca Andreescu.
Murray was looking to bounce back from his third-round loss to Jack Draper in Indian Wells last week, but his loss to the world number 76, which came in over 90 minutes, came as a surprise.
World number 52 Murray was unable to take a break-point chance in the opening set and then crashed out at 4-3 before Lajovic wrapped up the set in 42 minutes.
Lajovic served for the match at 5-4 in the second set only for Murray to break back – but the Scot lost the next service game and his opponent went on to claim his first hard-court win of the 2023 season.
Murray – winner of this event in 2009 and 2013 – will be looking for a potential third-round showdown with world number 1 Carlos Alcaraz in Miami but that prospect can now await Lajovic if he can beat Maxime Cressy and Alcaraz beat Facundo Bagnis.
Kyle Edmund’s tournament also ended early as he lost to Wu Yibing 7-5 7-5 in his first match since the Australian Open.
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