Spaniard packs off Murray
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March 12, 2012, Monday
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FOURTH-SEEDED Andy Murray tumbled out of the BNP Paribas Open in his opening match on Saturday, making 34 unforced errors and failing to convert any of his seven break chances in a 4-6, 2-6 loss to Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in Indian Wells, California.
"I'm not exactly sure why that happened tonight," Murray said. "I played well in practice. I was hitting the ball really well and I felt pretty fresh. I didn't move my best tonight, but it didn't feel like I was moving really badly. My return let me down, and he hardly missed the ball."
Murray's second-round exit removes one of the bigger obstacles for Novak Djokovic, the top-ranked Serb who opened his bid for a third title at the event with a 6-3, 6-2 win over qualifier Andrey Golubev.
Djokovic, a winner over Rafael Nadal last year in the finale at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden and also the 2008 champion, is 23-4 on the slow PlexiPave courts that he said favor his game. The Serbian star will face South Africa's Kevin Anderson in the third round.
Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki, the top seeds in the bottom half of the women's draw, took easy first steps toward a possible meeting in the semifinals.
The second-seeded Sharapova, the 2006 tournament champion, beat Gisella Dulko of Argentina, 6-2, 6-0 minutes in the night session after 2011 champion and No. 4 seed Wozniacki beat Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 6-2, 6-0 earlier. In the third round, Sharapova will play Simona Halep of Romania, and Wozniacki will face Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden.
"I'm not exactly sure why that happened tonight," Murray said. "I played well in practice. I was hitting the ball really well and I felt pretty fresh. I didn't move my best tonight, but it didn't feel like I was moving really badly. My return let me down, and he hardly missed the ball."
Murray's second-round exit removes one of the bigger obstacles for Novak Djokovic, the top-ranked Serb who opened his bid for a third title at the event with a 6-3, 6-2 win over qualifier Andrey Golubev.
Djokovic, a winner over Rafael Nadal last year in the finale at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden and also the 2008 champion, is 23-4 on the slow PlexiPave courts that he said favor his game. The Serbian star will face South Africa's Kevin Anderson in the third round.
Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki, the top seeds in the bottom half of the women's draw, took easy first steps toward a possible meeting in the semifinals.
The second-seeded Sharapova, the 2006 tournament champion, beat Gisella Dulko of Argentina, 6-2, 6-0 minutes in the night session after 2011 champion and No. 4 seed Wozniacki beat Ekaterina Makarova of Russia 6-2, 6-0 earlier. In the third round, Sharapova will play Simona Halep of Romania, and Wozniacki will face Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden.
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