MURRAY OUT

Spain's Fernando Verdasco ended fourth seed Andy Murray's Australian Open campaign with a 2-6 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-4 victory on Monday to advance to his first grand slam quarter-final.

Verdasco became the first left hander other than world number one Rafa Nadal to beat Murray on the ATP Tour and also notched his first victory in six matches against the Briton.

The 21-year-old Scot, one of the pre-tournament favourites, produced flashes of brilliantly controlled tennis but also made several elementary errors and at one point in the fourth set screamed: "What the hell are you doing?".

The 25-year-old Verdasco will now next meet  Jo Wilfried-Tsonga, who beat Blake in straights..

REUTERS