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Murray loses in straight sets to Coric at Madrid Open

Thursday, 11 May 2017 9:01 PM [ Last Update: Thursday, 11 May 2017 10:15 PM ]

British player Andy Murray (Photo by AFP)

World No.1 Andy Murray has suffered a shock exit in his 3rd round match of Madrid Open at the hands of 20-year-old Borna Chori.

The top-ranked Murray was outplayed by the Croatian 6-3, 6-3 in his 5th loss of the year. He has won only one tournament this season and hasn't made it past the semifinals in the 3 clay-court tournaments he has played so far.

**Croatian tennis player Borna Coric returns a ball to British player Andy Murray at the ATP Madrid Open in Madrid, on May 11, 2017. (Photo by AFP)**

Meanwhile, 59th-ranked Choric will try to lift a second trophy this season after winning his first career title in Morocco last month.

World No. 2 Novak Djokovic also made it to the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open with a straight sets victory over Spaniard Feliciano Lopez.

The Serb was in control during his service games and broke Lopez once in each set to secure the 6-4, 7-5 victory under a closed roof on center court in the Spanish capital.

**Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Spanish player Feliciano Lopez at the ATP Madrid Open in Madrid, on May 11, 2017. (Photo by AFP)**

The two time champion saved the only break point he conceded to Lopez, who was playing in the tournament for a record 16th time. Djokovic will next face Kei Nishikori of Japan.

On the other hand, Nishikori himself beat David Ferrer of Spain in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, to reach the last 8 of the event. Ferrer was looking for his 700th match win but Nishikori was too powerful to let him do that.