Please refresh the page and retry. Five hours later, as evening gathered over West Kensington, this unassuming year-old from the northern suburbs of Sydney was raising his arms in bewildered triumph at toppling the world No 1. At this most tranquil of sports settings, there was blood on the lawns. By far the greatest chagrin, though, belonged to Murray.

No longer could he blame his struggles in on the absence of coach Ivan Lendl, who was watching courtside. This was a listless and error-littered performance against a player who should, by ranking and relative lack of grasscourt experience, have been little more than cannon fodder.

All the worries from his recent slump were writ large in a , loss: T he indignity that Thompson, a young man more accustomed to slumming it at Challenger events in Vietnam than performing for the blazer-and-boater set in W14, inflicted here was stark. Not since Cincinnati in , against Roger Federer, had Murray failed to break serve at least once.

But that fine sequence of matches was snapped by an unheralded talent firing on raw adrenalin. T here is no reason to panic just yet. He has a remarkable capacity to eliminate the scar tissue of rogue results, as his run to the last 16 of 25 consecutive majors would attest. But there is a sense this time that something is more deeply awry with his game.

As Murray has acknowledged, the first comment that Lendl made upon seeing him practise for Roland Garros last month was: This tournament has given me great preparation in the past, and when I have done well here Wimbledon has tended to go pretty well, too.

It certainly would have helped to have had more matches. While a late appearance at Eastbourne does not appeal, an exhibition event next week, either at Stoke Park or the Hurlingham Club, has not been discounted. F or an hour, it had looked as if Murray was simply feeling his way into the first engagement of his grasscourt campaign, but a sense of alarm engulfed him quickly. He was flaying forehands far outside the tramlines and botching drop-shots for which he usually has a gossamer touch.

Even a rare chance of a comeback, with three break points early in the second set, swiftly dissolved amid a hail of unforced errors. A n exultant Thompson could hardly believe his luck. Asked whether his ace on match point was the sweetest he had ever struck, he replied, with a bashful smile: When I saw that hit the backboard, I was pretty pumped.

It fell to his coach, Des Tyson, to celebrate like a dervish. T hompson grew up idolising compatriot Lleyton Hewitt, the consummate grafter, and he looked almost impervious to pressure as the most remarkable result of his life closed in.

At one break up in the second, then two, he did not blink, as Murray offered scarcely a vestige of resistance. Appearances, however, can be deceptive. I just warmed up and had some food. All blissfully straightforward, then?

Even the modest Thompson would have to concede that he played out of his skin, making 70 per cent of his first serves and producing groundstrokes of a purity that belied his ranking of For Murray, it threatened to be a long, dark night of the soul. He had begun his day in the blaze of a London summer but he ended it wreathed in shadow.

H mmm, well that wasn't what we were expecting. It's Murray's first loss at Queen's since and it ends his match winning run on grass. Credit Jordan Thompson for an inspired display, but that was wretched from Murray. It completes a bonkers day at Queen's that saw the No 2 and No 3 seeds Stan Wawrinka and Milos Raonic also eliminated to leave the tournament wide open.

For Murray it's back to the drawing board and a couple of weeks of fine-tuning and tweaking ahead of Wimbledon.

He and his team will not be panicking, but that was another listless display in what has largely been a very disappointing year. But a couple of missed forehands have Murray back in the game at An unreturned first serve then takes Thompson to and match point! And he takes it with an ace down the T! T his is sensational from Thompson, who somehow earns himself two break points at with unreal defence that includes a superlative lob and ends with Murray sending a forehand wide.

Murray finally gets his forehand going to save them both, but he soon reverts to type and dumps a dreadful forehand into the net to fall down break point again.

And another wayward forehand - this one a few feet wide - hands Thompson the double break! T hompson remember has not been broken all match, and if he can hold three more times he'll have pulled off by far the biggest win of his career.

How's your nerve Jordan? Well it's looking pretty good this game, as an ace and a superb stop volley help the Aussie to He then wraps up a love hold with another unreturnable serve. This is looking potentially catastrophic for Murray, who looks utterly devoid of confidence, especially on the forehand side which has been woefully sub-par. W hat a shot that is from Thompson!

Murray rips a forehand pass at his feet and the Aussie somehow controls a half-volley drop shot to move to Andy then sprays a forehand well long and its a break point for Thompson! And he takes it, as Murray sends a backhand lob.

Thompson is three service holds away from eliminating the five-time champion and world No 1 in the first round! Y ou have to give a lot of credit here to Thompson, who is serving like a dream.

He holds here to 15 when Murray puts another weak forehand into the net. M ore chuntering from Murray but again he just does enough to take care of his serve, holding to 30 as Thompson can't get a return back in play. T his is more like it from the world No 1, as he races to with a nailed overhead and a laser-like backhand pass up the line.

But he can't take any of them - the first two see Andy miss forehand returns and the third is a wild forehand that flies long with the Scot in control of the point. Thompson then bangs down a few big serves and wraps up the hold after a second deuce. A nother game where Murray looks far from comfortable, but he completes a hold to 30 with some excellent hustling and a whipped forehand pass on the run.

A ropey first set from Murray ends fittingly with a limp overhead into the net. Thompson takes the first set tie-break ! Not a single break point for Murray in that set, which is very unusual for him. T he first set point is saved by an unreturnable Murray first serve. T humping ace down the T brings Thompson three set points. B ig serve, forehand winner one-two punch extends Thompson's lead.

D rop shot drifts wide from Murray and it's Thompson now up the mini-break. D ouble fault from Murray has us back level at the change of ends. T extbook serve and volley point from Thompson reduces the arrears. A dismal double fault gives Murray the mini-break. T hompson puts a forehand wide and we remain on serve.

E asy put-away volley levels things up. U nreturnable serve down the T gets Thompson the first point of the breaker. M urray's struggles this set summarised here by a limp drop shot that drifts sadly into the net for He then puts a backhand approach shot into the bottom of the net after another ropey drop shot and it's - Thompson is two points away from the first set.

Murray then ups it and crunches away a brilliant backhand, followed by a pin-point ace down the T to go up , but Thompson levels the game at deuce with a backhand return winner up the line. Andy eventually holds though with another fizzing backhand and then an easy put-away. I t's a bit of a flat atmosphere at a broiling Queen's Club, and Murray is trying to gee himself up after a playing sluggishly for much of the set.

He still can't get make much of an impression on the Thompson serve though and the Australian holds to 30 when Murray nets a forehand.

Andy will serve to stay in the set for a second time. F ormidable serving from Murray - including a huge ace down the T - completes a second straight love hold. G limmer of a break here for Murray as Thompson miscues a forehand to fall down A superb serve-volley combo though followed by an ace out wide take the Aussie to , and it's game Thompson when he sends another ace flying past his opponent. Superb serving from down there. M urray using the new balls has a bit more pop on his serves, and he matches Thompson's love hold with one of his own.

We remain level in the first set. M urray starting to hit the ball cleaner now, and he guides a backhand winner beautifully up the line for a winner followed by an ace down the T that screams into the back-boards. Andy ends up with a comfortable hold to 15 when Thompson nets a forehand. T he easiest game of the match for either player, as an ace and a few Murray mistakes ease Thompson to a hold to Very solid start from the Aussie.

R eally strong start from Thompson, who's showing no signs of nerves here and plenty of aggression as he eventually wins a shot rally with a bludgeoned forehand up the line for Murray though digs in and forces a couple of errors to move up A double fault then has us at deuce, but two unreturned first serves wrap up the hold. T hompson looks on his way to a simple hold when a gorgeous Murray-esque forehand lob takes him to , but a couple of errors let Andy back in to the game at deuce.

Thompson though does complete the hold with some big serving and a huge forehand that leaves Murray sprawling in his attempt to retrieve it. S o, a first look at the Murray serve on a grass-court this year. The last point he served on the surface won him his second Wimbledon title last year.

But he's in a spot of bother here as Thompson moves to with a well-placed forehand passing shot winner.

It's then and two break points for the Aussie as Murray sends a forehand long. Andy saves them both though as a big serve draws a long return on the first one, before Thompson nets a backhand on the second. Murray then has two game points himself but misses them both with a double fault and then a dreadful backhand , and it's a third break point when the Scot sprays a forehand long.

A string second serve saves it and Murray eventually holds on when Thompson wildly sends a forehand return wide. Three break points saved by Murray in a pretty ropey first service game that lasted almost eight minutes.

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B ig first serves on the first couple of points take Thompson to , before a wonderful Murray a lob and a missed backhand from the Aussie has us at Thompson eventually completes the hold to 30 when Andy sends a backhand return wide. W e're under way. M urray is in a new red and blue top with white shorts. After the coin toss and knock-up, we'll be under way W elcome all to the first installment of the Andy Murray grass-court odyssey, which he will be hoping will finish with another couple of titles come what the end of Wimbledon.

Murray's grass-court pedigree over the last couple of years is unrivalled, taking in three tournament wins one Wimbledon and two Queen's and just one defeat in 23 matches. Last year Murray did the Queen's-Wimbledon double for the second time in his career, and he'll be feeling a whole lot better about his game following a promising French Open run to the semi-finals that ended a pretty dismal clay-court campaign.

A big reason for why Murray has become so formidable on grass is his movement, which allows him to reach low skidding balls that pretty much no-one else on the Tour can.

He is also a very accomplished volleyer with reflexes that often defy belief. For all those reasons and plenty more besides it would be a huge upset if the five-time Queen's champion and world No 1 Murray were to lose to Jordan Thompson today. T hompson, a year-old from Australia, lost in qualifying to Jeremy Chardy but comes in today as a lucky-loser replacement for Britain's Aljaz Bedene, who unfortunately had to withdraw from the competition with a wrist injury.

Thompson is ranked No 90 in the world and has never played Murray before, but he has been as high as No 63 and posted wins over the likes of David Ferrer and Jack Sock. He's also a decent doubles player and won the Brisbane International title this year with Thanasi Kokkinakis, which will stand him in good stead for the swift courts at Queen's. I n a big upset, Lopez has just beaten the No 2 seed Wawrinka , H e and Thompson could be on pretty soon.

They follow the Lopez vs Wawrinka match, which is early in the second set after the Spaniard took the first F irst things first, you may have noticed from our headline that Andy Murray's opponent is not Britain's Aljaz Bedene as originally advertised. Bedene has unfortunately had to pull out with a wrist injury, so he is replaced with the Australian 'lucky loser' i. Below is the full story Andy Murray's compatriot and first-round opponent at the Aegon Championships Aljaz Bedene has withdrawn due to a wrist injury.

Bedene, who is the British number four, was scheduled to face Murray at Queen's on Tuesday afternoon but has been replaced by lucky loser Jordan Thompson. Thompson lost to Frenchman Jeremy Chardy in the second round of qualifying on Sunday.

The Australian is ranked 90th in the world and has never faced Murray before. Bedene now faces a race against time to be fit for Wimbledon, which starts in less than two weeks on July 3. Maybe I won't be per cent," Bedene said. It didn't get any better so yesterday Monday I had an MRI scan, which shows an injury on the right wrist. T his is what Murray had to say yesterday on the eve of getting his Queen's campaign under way.

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Who is Jordan Thompson? Wow, the five-time Queen's champion and world No 1 is out in the first round. Thompson will serve for the match. Wasteful from Murray, who is starting to get increasingly irate. We're into a first set tie-break. Murray will now serve to stay in the first set. Meanwhile, I can't get this scene out of my head.

Play W e're under way. Wimbledon's top 50 male players in the Open Era. He should give Murray a match, but I expect the world No 1 to come through in straight sets. Murray and Thompson will be on the court shortly. We'll keep you posted. If you would like to add a comment, please register or log in.

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