Murray dumped out in Miami

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Reuters

Andy Murray struggled with his serve throughout and failed to take advantage of two match points before losing to Mario Ancic of Croatia 6-2 2-6 7-6 in the second round of the Miami Masters.
Murray, the 13th seed, received a bye into the second round so the result is another massive disappointment for the Scot.

Murray has won titles this year at Doha and Marseille but having just watched Ancic, serving at 4-6, save one match point with a winning forehand volley, Murray double-faulted away his second opportunity to close out the match.

"That was just a bad serve," Murray said. "It was the first time on tour that I've lost a match when I've had match points. So that's pretty disappointing."

Elsewhere, world number one Roger Federer beat Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-3 6-4 in an entertaining match.

Top seed Federer, recuperating from glandular fever and without a title this year, surprisingly offered the world number 65 Monfils seven break-point chances, but never lost his serve.

"I tried to play in an aggressive way," said Federer, who broke Monfils serve in the eighth game of the first set and the third game of the second set.

"I couldn't really chip and charge the way I wanted to do because he's improved his second serve. I played well on the big points."

American Andy Roddick also struggled to find his form but came through a tough 5-7 6-2 6-4 win over qualifier Viktor Troicki of Serbia.

With Troicki serving at 4-5 in the final game, Roddick hit a stunning crosscourt forehand on the line in the first point of the game and four points later he broke serve to win the match.

"I was pretty lucky," sixth seed Roddick said. "I didn't even see it when I hit it.

"I heard people yell and scream afterwards and I figured that was a good thing. As far as freak show trick shots, that's up there. You don't hit shots like that every day."

Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was tested by Austrian Jurgen Melzer before winning 6-7 7-5 6-1.

In other men's second-round action, world number 61 Dudi Sela of Israel upset 14th-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain 7-6 6-1.

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