British world number three Andy Murray suffered a surprise second-round defeat to unseeded Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili in the Washington Open.<\/p>\n
Murray, 28, had chosen to play an extra tournament in the run-up to this year’s US Open, which starts in New York on 31 August.<\/p>\n
But after a bye to the second round, the top seed lost 6-4 4-6 7-6 (7-4) to the 30-year-old world number 53.<\/p>\n
“I was exhausted at the end because my body was really tired,” said the Scot.<\/p>\n
He will now play Masters events in Montreal and then Cincinnati in the next two weeks in preparation for Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n
Gabashvili hit 11 aces and had to break back at 5-4 down in the third set as Murray served for the match, before going on to win the tie-break.<\/p>\n
“It wasn’t like I was blown off the court in a match that I had no chance of winning,” added Murray.<\/p>\n
“It was the first hard-court match for four-and-a-half months with only four or five days of preparation, so I was happy with how I moved and did certain things on court.”<\/p>\n
Murray helped Great Britain advance to the semi-finals of the Davis Cup last month.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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