Murray loses in straight sets to veteran Czech
Scot must now focus on defending Wimbledon title
Andy Murray, distracted by his own anxieties, perhaps, and a ball girl who wilted in the heat, relinquished his Queens crown in the most perfunctory manner on Thursday.
The always-tough Czech Radek Stepanek, 42 in the world and coming off a good win over the unpredictable Bernard Tomic, beat the defending champion 7-6 (10), 6-2 in an hour and 54 minutes. He goes through to the fourth round against the dangerous South African Kevin Anderson, who earlier took out the Russian serve-and-volley specialist, Sergiy Stakhovsky, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4).
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Scot must now focus on defending Wimbledon title
Andy Murray, distracted by his own anxieties, perhaps, and a ball girl who wilted in the heat, relinquished his Queens crown in the most perfunctory manner on Thursday.
The always-tough Czech Radek Stepanek, 42 in the world and coming off a good win over the unpredictable Bernard Tomic, beat the defending champion 7-6 (10), 6-2 in an hour and 54 minutes. He goes through to the fourth round against the dangerous South African Kevin Anderson, who earlier took out the Russian serve-and-volley specialist, Sergiy Stakhovsky, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4).
Continue reading... Reported by guardian.co.uk 3 hours ago.