Murray suffers earliest ever Shanghai Masters exit in first-round loss to Safiullin

Oct 04, 2023 at 6:44 PM
Murray suffers earliest ever Shanghai Masters exit in first-round loss to Safiullin

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n indignant and annoyed Andy Murray endured his earliest ever exit on the Shanghai Masters in a first-round loss to Roman Safiullin on Wednesday.

On paper, it seemed an ideal match-up with Murray only a place above the Russian within the ATP rankings at 40th on the planet.