The Scot’s equipment took one almighty hammering as he was beaten 6-3 5-7 7-6 by Alex de Minaur in the first round of the China Open in Beijing. The former world No1 cut a frustrated figure as he squandered THREE match points, taking out his anger on his racket about 10 times across the two-hour and 50-minute rollercoaster tie.The umpire gave him a code violation when he destroyed one of his rackets in the second set.But he did not issue any further punishment even when the two-time Wimbledon champion was aggressively letting out his irritations.The Australian, 24, fought back from 5-2 down in the third set to prevail in a decisive tie-break in front of a sparse crowd in the Chinese capital. Murray, 36, has now lost all FIVE of his meetings with De Minaur – nicknamed the Demon for his speed on court – since 2018.
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00:00 Andy Murray repeatedly smashes racket as he wastes three match points before losing to Katie
00:05 Bolter's boyfriend. The Scots equipment took one almighty hammering as he was beaten 6-3-5-7-7-6
00:13 by Alex de Menor in the first round of the China Open in Beijing. The former world number one cut
00:20 a frustrated figure as he squandered three match points, taking out his anger on his racket about
00:25 10 times across the two-hour and 50-minute roller coaster tie. The umpire gave him a code violation
00:32 when he destroyed one of his rackets in the second set, but he did not issue any further punishment
00:37 even when the two-time Wimbledon champion was aggressively letting out his irritations.
00:42 The Australian, 24, fought back from 5-2 down in the third set to prevail in a decisive tie
00:49 break in front of a sparse crowd in the Chinese capital. Murray, 36, has now lost all five of
00:56 his meetings with de Menor, nicknamed the demon for his speed on court, since 2018.
01:01 De Menor, who is dating British star Katie Bolter,
01:06 will next face either Russian Daniil Medvedev or American Tommy Paul in round two.