[穆瑞] Murray suffers tame loss to Chela
Last Updated: Tuesday, 17 January 2006, 05:30 GMT
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Murray suffers tame loss to Chela
Andy Murray went out of the Australian Open with a whimper on Tuesday as
Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela strolled to a 6-1 6-3 6-3 first-round win.
Murray was facing a higher ranked and far more experienced player and Chela
began well, dominating with his big forehand and breaking immediately.
But it was the catalogue of unforced errors from Murray that decided the
match as he failed to find any rhythm.
Three break points went begging as Murray lost in under two hours.
The 18-year-old had received a rapturous welcome on the Vodafone Arena
from a mixture of Britons keen to put Tim Henman's defeat the previous day
behind them, and locals curious to see what all the fuss is about.
The guy's ranked 20 places in front of me, he is a much better player than
me
Murray on Chela
However, the signs were ominous as early as the second game when a woeful
attempt at a drop shot followed by a double fault led to Murray dropping
serve.
Chela clearly had a gameplan to hit the ball hard into the corner towards
Murray's backhand and it paid dividends, with another break in game six as he
took the first set.
A total of 15 unforced errors in the first set told its own story and
when Murray was broken again at the start of the second set, the game was
all but up.
The Scot recovered sufficiently in the third to make a game of it, and
there were flashes of Murray's undeniable talent, but Chela was always in
control.
A hugely frustrating day got the better of Murray when he was warned for
racquet abuse but it did nothing to change the momentum and Chela wrapped up
the win with little fuss.
Murray then told the media that the hype surrounding him was getting out
of hand.
"If you guys expect me to play well every single match and every single
tournament then it's not going to happen," said Murray.
"Everybody has a bad tournament sometime. Unfortunately, it came here.
"But I'm going to have much better days than this one, and I'm sure I'll have
worse days.
"You guys (the media) are expecting me to win matches like this. The guy's
ranked 20 places in front of me, he is a much better player than me."
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