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Murray blows 4-0 lead in 3rd set and loses at Monte Carlo

JEROME PUGMIRE with a cross-court volley at nard Struff 6-3, 6-0.
AP Sports Writer the net. When Djokovic entered the
MONACO (AP) — Andy Murray, returning from a court last, the weather was
Murray blew a 4-0 lead in right elbow injury which already becoming chilly.
the deciding set and lost to sidelined him during the Mi- He beat Carreno Busta 6-0,
Albert Ramos-Vinolas 2-6, ami Open and Davis Cup 6-1 here three years ago in
6-2, 7-5 in the third round quarterfinals, struggled the third round — their only
of the Monte Carlo Masters on his serve in a scrappy previous meeting — but this
on Thursday. match lasting more than 2 was totally different.
Former French Open and 1/2 hours. The match fea- Djokovic broke for 4-2 in
Monte Carlo champion tured 13 service breaks, in- taking the first set.
Stan Wawrinka followed cluding seven against Mur- But at 2-0 up in the second
Murray out after losing to ray. set, the sloppiness kicked in
Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay “I’m disappointed to lose and Carreno Busta served
6-4, 6-4. from the position that I was it out to level the set score.
Meanwhile, defending in,” said Murray, last year’s Or rather, Djokovic gifted
champion Rafael Nadal French Open runner-up him the decisive point, miss-
beat Alexander Zverev, to Djokovic. “I haven’t lost ing an easy shot for deuce
spoiling the German’s many matches like that in Serbia’s Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Spain’s Pablo Car- with a weak shot at the net.
reno Busta, during their third round match of the Monte Carlo
20th birthday, 6-1, 6-1, and my career.” Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco, Thursday, April, 20, 2017. Djokovic double-faulted
two-time champion No- Ramos-Vinolas, of Spain, Associated Press on the first point of the third
vak Djokovic overcame a celebrated his first win over set, hit a wild forehand long
Murray-like wobble before a world No. 1 in four chanc- ing Wawrinka in their first- I thought it was going to be to trail 0-30, and looked
getting past Pablo Carreno es. ever meeting. a big test for me.” mightily relieved when he
Busta 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Three-time Grand Slam Zverev pushed Nadal to Zverev conceded the held serve. The 12-time
Djokovic dropped five winner Wawrinka never five sets in the third round match tamely, double-
straight games from 2-0 found his touch or range of the Australian Open faulting on Nadal’s third Grand Slam champion was
up in the second set and and conceded match but the only fire Zverev match point. Nadal reiter- clearly not at his best and
had to dig deep against point when his backhand showed here was when he ated his belief that Zverev far too wasteful.
the gritty Spaniard, whose pass — normally one of the smashed his racket clean in has the potential to be- After finally breaking for
speed across the court saw best shots in men’s tennis — two during the second set. come No. 1. 4-2 in the decider with a
him retrieve countless shots. clipped the net and went “Australia was five sets. Last Chasing a 10th title here, forehand winner down the
Djokovic trailed 15-40 serv- out. Cuevas hit a sweet year in Indian Wells was Nadal next faces un- line, he was broken straight
ing in the ninth game of the forehand winner down the very close in the third (set), seeded Argentine Diego back.
decider but held his nerve. line on the next point and he had match point,” Nad- Schwartzman, who eased In the end, resilience got
The Serb sealed victory raised his arms after beat- al said. “Before the match, past Germany’s Jan-Len- him through.q
Olympic hurdles champion banned for whereabouts mix-up

EDDIE PELLS cy and other governing cation on certain dates as
AP Sports Writer bodies in sports consider both her home and a track
Olympic champion hurdler out-of-competition testing meet where she was com-
Brianna Rollins of the United critical to clean competi- peting. She missed three
States has received a one- tion, and all Olympic ath- tests, on April 27, Sept. 13,
year suspension for repeat- letes in the United States and Sept. 27. A third missed
ed failures to disclose her are required to submit their test results in an anti-dop-
whereabouts to anti-dop- locations so they can be ing violation.
ing officials — a ban she tested anywhere without After USADA’s initial ruling,
says was caused by a mix- advance notice. Rollins took her case to an
up in a computer program. Rollins underwent eight arbitration panel, which
Rollins’ suspension is retro- out-of-competition tests delivered what her attor-
active to Sept. 27, 2016, last year and at least 16 neys described as the mini-
the date of her last missed tests overall, according to mum penalty allowable.
whereabouts report. her attorneys, and never In its decision, the panel
Her gold medal, part of tested positive. acknowledged it was “a
a medals sweep by U.S. Still, she will miss the 2017 difficult case because it
In this Aug. 17, 2016, file photo, United States’ Brianna Rollins 100-meter hurdlers at the outdoor season, including involves the imposition of
competes in the women’s 100-meter hurdles final during the
athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Rio Games last year, will a chance to compete at a serious penalty on a bril-
Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. not be stripped. world championships later liant athlete who is not
Associated Press The U.S. Anti-Doping Agen- this year. charged or suspected of
“I accept full responsibility using banned substances
for the mistakes that have of any kind.”q
led to my suspension, and
am disappointed that I will Like us on
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of my confusion over how
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worked,” Rollins said.
In a news release Thursday,
budgetaruba@setarnet.aw her attorneys said the com-
puter program listed her lo- facebook.com/bondianoticia