Andy Murray, the British three-time Grand Slam and two-time Olympic champion, has been defeated in his last Australian Open Championship.
The 31-year-old world leader, who announced on Friday that he will compete for the Wimbledon tournament due to his hip problems - was released from Spain by Roberto Bautista Agute on Monday at 4 pm 14 minutes. In Melbourne, five-time finalist Murray apparently slipped, leaned over the battles, but for most of the match he was a peer in the 22nd.
At the same time, two-time defending champion Roger Federer started the Australian Opent confidently, winning three sets of Witch Istrom, defeating the Uzbek player at their seventh meeting. The 20-fold Grand Slam champion for Swiss star in the second round is the British Dan Evans, a qualifier from the qualifying round, who is 189th in the World Ranking.
Women will also be the last year's champion of 64: Danish Caroline Wozniacki beat Alison van Uytvanc in Belgium, who will be defending the title in February at the Budapest tournament.
(Source: sportrajongo.hu, m4sport, mti / Photo: pixabay)