Two-time former champion Andy Murray suffered a 6-4, 7-5 defeat at the hands of Serbia's Dusan Lajovic in the opening round of the Miami Open, here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Wednesday's match was Lajovic's first career meeting with Murray, where he picked up his first hard-court win of the season. He will next play against American Maxime Cressy. Whoever wins might play World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in the third round.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Lajovic's victory was underpinned by his strong performance on second serve against one of the game's best returners. He won 72 percent of second-serve points and saved two of the three break points he faced, while converting all three opportunities on Murray's serve.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Serbian failed to serve out the match at 5-4 but after missing two match points from 40\/0 in the final game, he closed out the match when Murray framed a forehand at the end of an extended rally.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"When I didn't close it out I thought it's happening again. Honestly that last game I was super right at 40\/0 and he was able to put pressure on me. Luckily, he shanked the last forehand, which he normally doesn't do," Lajovic was quoted as saying by ATP Tour.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 32-year-old Serbian, who was once as high as No. 23 in the ATP Rankings, had won just four of 16 matches on hard courts since the start of 2022.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In another major upset of the day, the 21-year-old wild card American Emilio Nava ousted the compatriot John Ishner, who was the 2018 Miami Open singles winner and runner-up in 2019, in two tie-breaks, 7-6(5) and 7-6(4), to set a second-round encounter against countryman Taylor Fritz.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"To play John Isner on a stage like this, you don't get it too often, but I tried to make the most out of it and believe I played well. John is one of the greatest servers of all time and sometimes I didn't even see it (the serve), but it was an amazing match, and I am so happy to be able to win," Nava said after obtaining his first Masters-1000 win.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In another major upset of the day, the 21-year-old wild card American Emilio Nava ousted the compatriot John Ishner, who was the 2018 Miami Open singles winner and runner-up in 2019, in two tie-breaks, 7-6(5) and 7-6(4), to set a second-round encounter against countryman Taylor Fritz.<\/p>\r\n\r\n