A deflated Murray bows out of Queens
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Andy Murray is beaten in the first Round of the Aegon Championships at Queens by player ranked 90th in the world, Australian Jordan Thompson.
A stunned full house at Queens Club, this afternoon watched a deflated Andy Murray walk off court following a most emphatic win for Australian Jordan Thompson.
The defending champion and World number one was completely outplayed by the twenty-three-year-old Sydney-born Australian, ranked ninetieth in the world rankings, in the first round tie of the Aegon Championships.
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From the outset Murray looked second best, being taken to a tie-break in the first set. Despite looking on course to pick his game up when three one up in the tie-break, he was soundly beaten to be a set down when Thompson pulled it back. Murray lost the first set when playing a forehand into the net from Thompson’s superb return.
From that moment on it was one-way traffic, especially after Murray through away a possible break early on in the second set, love forty up. However, the young pretender has different idea’s he fought back brilliantly to take the game and the match was on. He took the next game by breaking serve and from that moment he did not look back. Winning the tie with some ease 7-6 (7-4), 6-2.
Thompson only realised he was going to be playing Murray earlier in the day when British youngster Aljaz Bedene was forced to pull out through injury, giving Thompson a way in as a lucky loser. Maybe that was why he was able to play without fear, not having time to sit and ponder of the game ahead of him, whatever pushed him on, he everything about his game was top class and sometimes one does have to question why players who are rated so lowly in the rankings come out and play such formidable tennis against the top players in the world at times.
The competition was blown wide open following defeats for all of the top three seeds, Stan Wawrinka was well beaten by Spaniard Feliciano Lopez 7-6 (7-4), 7-5. With third seed and last year’s beaten finalist at bot Queens and Wimbledon, Milos Raonic was beaten by another Aussie Thanasi Kokkinakis who had a received a wildcard into the championships, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (10-8).
One has to question Murray’s fitness and mental approach to this year’s Wimbledon Championships. With Roger Federer resting until the South London extravaganza, Novak Djokovic not playing to his full potential and Rafa Nadal more accustomed to clay than grass courts this season, it promises to be a most interesting and open Men’s Championship at the All England club this year.
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