Andy Murray v Jakub Mensik LIVE: Qatar Open tennis result and reaction as Murray loses marathon match

Ah, Murray goes hunting for the lines with a forehand but it’s narrowly out. An inch to the right and he’d be looking at break point. Instead, Mensik can seal the game to 30 for the hold.

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Deft from Murray with the drop shot – soft hands and a soft landing as the ball spins away from Mensik. He responds with brute force though, pumping an ace out wide.

Yet Murray clings on – thumping cross-court forehand and a put-away volley (not dissimilar to the one he missed on set point) for 30-30...

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Here was how Murray reacted to losing that first set in heartbreaking fashion. Fair to say he wasn’t happy...

Murray being pushed all the way by Mensik now and he forces deuce. Fist pump from the Brit as a big first serve brings up game point and Mensik is unable to return another hefty serve.

Good battling by the 36-year-old to stay on serve.

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Heavy ground strokes from Mensik to overpower Murray before a gorgeous, deft drop shot spins just over the net to seal the game. Great play by the Czech.

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Murray goes for too much when he’s in control of a rally and nets a forehand himself for 30-30. But Mensik responds in kind and Murray has a break point.

Gets a look at a second serve but it’s a good, deep serve and Mensik saves it with a volley that clips the net going out of Murray’s reach. Mensik then produces a sublime lob! On the back foot, he throws it way up in the air, over Murray and it drops like a stone on to the baseline. Great shot!

But he goes long with the forehand on the next point, so we’re back to deuce.

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Can Murray put some early pressure on the Mensik serve? The Czech may have pinched that first set at the death but Murray was gaining the momentum before that.

The mistakes are still coming from Mensik – he nets a mid-court forehand to make it 15-30.

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The crowd are trying to gee up Murray here. A good start to the game as he picks up a half-volley with the forehand to take the lead, then reads a Mensik drop shot and puts it away cross-court for 30-0.

Big serves help him win the game to 15. That’s a good, steadying hold after what has come before.

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Murray wins the opening point of the second set but Mensik steps up his level to race into a 40-15 lead. Murray thinks he’s forced deuce but Mensik’s passing shot catches the smallest sliver of the baseline, as confirmed by Hawkeye.

Murray dismayed but Mensik just about holds to start the second set.

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A heartbreaking way to lose that first set for Murray and even worse, it took 67 minutes. Physically draining and nothing to show for it.

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