Australian Open 2017: Top 5 upsets from Week-1

#2. Andy Murray’s shocking defeat to Mischa Zverev

Murray’s hopes of winning a first Australian Open title was shattered by Mische Zverev

Andy Murray had a very consistent season last year which saw him win his second Wimbledon title, his second successive Olympic Singles gold, and reaching the top of the ATP rankings. Murray began 2017 by reaching the final of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open where he was beaten by Novak Djokovic. Murray entered the Australian Open as the first seed and was one of the top contenders for the title.Murray began the tournament by defeating Ukrainian Illya Marchenko in straight sets which was followed by a comprehensive straight set win over Russian qualifier Andrey Rublev. With Djokovic out in the second round, this was Murray’s best chance to end his Australian Open final hoodoo.He beat 31^st seed Sam Querrey in the third round to set up an encounter against World No.50 Mischa Zverev who had come from two sets down to stun 19^th seed John Isner in the second round. Zverev began the match well and took the first set 7-5 but Murray held his nerve to take the second set by the same scoreline. However, Zverev’s relentless attack and brilliant net play was too much for the World No.1 and the Briton eventually perished in four sets. This was Murray’s first ever fourth round defeat at the Australian Open since 2009. Zverev’s opponent in the quarter-finals will be Roger Federer who beat Kei Nishikori in a thrilling five-setter.