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 within the final 32.
The Briton received his ninth break level to take a 6-5 lead earlier than serving out to like to take the opening set.
Machac broke Murray for the primary time at 6-5 within the second to attract degree.
Murray retrieved a break within the decider and saved match level when serving to remain within the match earlier than succumbing to defeat when he misplaced the tie-break.
The 36-year-old Scot had worryingly gone down with an ankle harm on the internet after hitting the winner to degree at 5-5 within the third set.
He acquired remedy from the physio and managed to proceed however couldn’t overcome a resolute Machac, who’s ranked two locations larger than Murray at quantity 60 on the earth.
The 23-year-old Czech Republic participant was damaged when serving for the match at 5-3 up within the third however recovered his composure and, from 5-4 behind within the tie-break, impressively received three factors in a row to safe victory in three hours 27 minutes.
The match had loads of thrills and spills with the tennis on courtroom in addition to a quick rain delay in a second set by which Murray grew to become more and more agitated by motion within the crowd and the priority of when he regarded in agony due to his ankle subject.
In the meantime, Australian Open winner Jannik Sinner misplaced the primary set to the Netherlands’ Tallon Griekspoor earlier than the Italian recovered to win 5-7 7-5 6-1.
Nevertheless, Denmark’s Holger Rune suffered a 6-1 6-1 defeat by Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan in 59 minutes.