14 Jun 2012

Murray beaten in opening round at Queens

11:41 am on 14 June 2012

Andy Murray's preparations for Wimbledon suffered a blow with his 6-3 6-7 7-6 loss to Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in the opening round of the Queens Club grass court tournament in London.

The Scot, the top seed and defending champion, never looked comfortable and Mahut raced through the third-set tiebreaker, winning seven points to one.