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Andy Murray was knocked out of the Miami Open as he suffered a dramatic 5-7 7-5 7-6 (7-5) defeat by Tomas Machac in the last 32.<\/b><\/p>\n
The Briton won his ninth break point to take a 6-5 lead before serving out to love to take the opening set.<\/p>\n
Machac broke Murray for the first time at 6-5 in the second to draw level.<\/p>\n
Murray retrieved a break in the decider and saved match point when serving to stay in the match before succumbing to defeat when he lost the tie-break.<\/p>\n
The 36-year-old Scot had worryingly gone down with an ankle injury at the net after hitting the winner to level at 5-5 in the third set.<\/p>\n
He received treatment from the physio and managed to continue but could not overcome a resolute Machac, who is ranked two places higher than Murray at number 60 in the world.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old Czech Republic player was broken when serving for the match at 5-3 up in the third but recovered his composure and, from 5-4 behind in the tie-break, impressively won three points in a row to secure victory in three hours 27 minutes.<\/p>\n
The match had plenty of thrills and spills with the tennis on court as well as a brief rain delay in a second set in which Murray became increasingly agitated by movement in the crowd and the concern of when he looked in agony because of his ankle issue.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Australian Open winner Jannik Sinner <\/b>lost the first set to the Netherlands’ Tallon Griekspoor before the Italian recovered to win 5-7 7-5 6-1.<\/p>\n
However, Denmark’s Holger Rune suffered a 6-1 6-1 defeat by Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan <\/b>in 59 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n