Potro, Murray tumble by same scoreline
Sunday, 16 February 2014
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Feb 15 (AFP): Top seed Juan Martin del Potro and number two Andy Murray were both knocked out of the Rotterdam World Tennis in quarter-final upsets Friday by the same 6-3, 6-4 scorelines.
Latvian Ernests Gulbis ended del Potro's winning run when he beat the top seed, while unseeded Croatian Marin Cilic won his eighth match in a row this season with Murray his latest victim.
The Scot had claimed victory in nine of their 10 previous matches but was well off his game as he went out in 71 minutes, losing serve once in each set. "I would have liked to have done better but I'm not frustrated. I'm striking the ball well," said Murray, who now has 10 days before his next start in Acapulco.
Third seed Tomas Berdych maintained the seeded status quo with his 6-7 (9/11), 6-2, 6-4 comeback over Poland's Jerzy Janowicz taking nearly two-and-a-half hours.
Dutchman Igor Sijsling beat German Philipp Kohlschreiber 6- 2, 2- 6, 6-1 to become the first home player to reach the last four here in more than a decade.