That was rather ugly for Andy Murray. The world no.4 was leading comfortably 6-3 3-0 to then curiously implode against the world no.40 and lose in the third set dropping 12 games out of 15!
The big occurred when Mayer started to attack more and Murray’s fitness couldn’t really hold. The match ended after 1 hour and 51 minutes. Match stats.
Murray: I am still happy!
Andy wasn’t as depressed as he had the comfort that he was injury free “I am stiff and sore but that’s to be expected. It’s more the joints rather than muscles. I have to get used to changing direction and playing at this level.
“I didn’t have high expectations because I have not had many matches. I was playing well and moving well at the beginning.”
Mayer: I am amazed
Florian was really happy by this unpredictable outcome to comment “It was amazing,” said Mayer. “To be honest in my mind the match was finished. I don’t know how I came back. I played fantastic tennis. In the third set maybe he was injured, but I played well.”
Next vs. Hanescu
Florian will play Victor Hanescu in the quarters. Head to head is 2-1 for the German.
