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Andy Murray suffers shock defeat at Miami Open to world No. 76 Dusan Lajovic as more Brits tumble

Andy Murray suffered a shock defeat at the Miami Open to world No. 76 Dusan Lajovic in a performance that brought a halt to his strong performances so far in 2023.

Murray has looked fitter and hungrier this year, and that has been borne out in some good results. Ad But his 6-4 7-5 loss to Lajovic showed few of his best qualities, as the Serbian made it through in more straightforward fashion than he might have expected.

ATP MiamiMurray to face Lajovic in Miami opener, could meet Alcaraz in third round20/03/2023 AT 17:41 Murray might have a reputation as a marathon man so far this season after a series of long matches, but he looked in no mood to hang around early on against Lajovic, breezing through his first game and then forcing a break point opportunity at 2-1 up. But that went begging — as did another in Lajovic's next service game — and perhaps with some frustration in mind, Murray was then broken to love, as Lajovic took a sudden grip on the match as he moved 4-3 ahead.

His accurate serving then took him to the set, as Murray just couldn't make any inroads from the back of court on either of Lajovic's subsequent service games. If Murray was going to do it, it would be via another three-set comeback, and he got off to the perfect start in set two with a swift hold.

'A truly difficult call' — Swiatek out of Miami Open and BJK Cup with rib injury Raducanu out of Miami Open in first round after three-set loss to Andreescu The pair traded games thereafter as the match drifted towards the conclusion of the set, but again Murray blinked just when he couldn't afford to, with Lajovic breaking to go 5-4 ahead, and go one game from the match. But as you can always expect with Murray, he wasn't going to make it easy for the

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