Andy Murray’s hopes of a deep run on the US Open have been dashed as the previous champion suffered a second-round exit by the hands of an impressed Grigor Dimitrov.
Murray, the 2012 champion, slumped to defeat in opposition to Bulgarian nineteenth seed Dimitrov with Britain’s former world No 1 a shadow of his previous self in a disappointing 6-3 6-4 6-1 loss.
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Dimitrov was filled with reward for Murray however the Bulgarian now has excessive hopes of replicating his run to the semi-finals in 2019
Within the twelfth assembly between two veterans of the game, and 7 years after their final one, nineteenth seed Dimitrov registered solely his fourth win over the Scot.
A ding-dong of a primary set, together with two brutal 15-minute video games, was poised at 3-3 with virtually an hour performed and the match was shaping as much as be one other Murray marathon.
Murray had misplaced eight factors in a row to slide behind however hit again after an astonishing get from a 36-year-old with a steel hip, retrieving a web wire by deftly angling the ball away from Dimitrov.
He continued his run previous the online publish and into Dimitrov’s aspect of the court docket, the place the Bulgarian clapped his opponent earlier than each tapped rackets.
That was the place the niceties ended, although, and Murray’s hopes shortly went south.
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Murray pulled off an outrageous winner after the ball spun again off the highest of the online from Dimitrov to say the third sport of an epic first set
He got here up with an absolute stinker of a service sport, two double-faults and two unforced errors gifting Dimitrov the set and the momentum.
Murray was damaged once more at first of the second and his shoulders slumped even additional when his solitary probability to interrupt again drifted huge.
The fixed chuntering to his workforce was getting much less and fewer cordial and, at 4-1 down within the third, he gestured to them that the match was over as a contest.
The three-time Grand Slam champion was proved to be proper two video games later as one other try to problem within the later rounds of a Grand Slam fell properly quick.
“I am very proud of the efficiency as we speak. I used to be anticipating, actually, 5 units,” stated Dimitrov after his win. “I used to be attempting to continuously remind myself I used to be right here for the lengthy haul.
“I’ve performed Andy a number of instances. He is an incredible competitor, a tremendous man as properly.”
Henman: Grigor’s sport plan was good
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Tim Henman and Martina Navratilova analyse Dimitrov’s backhand which inflicting Murray all method of issues
“Disappointing. At the beginning for him, and for us as a result of all of us wished to comply with him on an incredible run,” stated former British No 1 Tim Henman on Sky Sports activities Tennis.
“However an enormous quantity of credit score goes to Grigor. He got here out with a particular sport plan, utilizing the sliced backhand lots and giving Murray no tempo to work with.”
Story of the Tape
Murray vs Dimitrov: Story of the Tape
Murray
Match Stats
Dimitrov
2
Aces
6
7
Double Faults
6
60%
1st serve win share
67%
32%
2nd serve win share
51%
18/29
Internet factors received
22/31
2/9
Break factors received
7/14
45
Whole winners
34
81
Whole factors received
105
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