Murray and Hutchins beaten

Andy Murray and Ross Hutchins out of the doubles event at the US Open after a second-round defeat.

Tie-break collapse ends British interest in doubles

Andy Murray and Ross Hutchins out of the doubles event at the US Open after a second-round defeat. The British duo were beaten 7-5 3-6 7-6 by top seeds Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia. The unseeded British pair had come back from a set down to level the match but with neither side able to break the deadlock it took a tiebreak to settle the match. Murray and Hutchins had defeated Thai twin brothers Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana 6-3 1-6 6-4 on Tuesday in their first match together since the end of April, when on clay in Barcelona they had won one match before being knocked out by Kevin Ullyett and Jeff Coetzee in the round of 16. They looked poised to take control at 3-3 in the final set when they earned a triple break point, but the Nestor serve produced five straight winning points to keep the top seeds in the hunt. At 5-6 and 15-40 down, Hutchins produced a rescue act of his own as he served to save the match, forcing his way back into contention and winning the game to force a tiebreak. That, however, proved to be a one-sided affair, Nestor and Zimonjic racing to victory and into the third round. Murray is next in action tomorrow when he resumes his men's singles campaign with a third-round tie against Austria's Jurgen Melzer in the second match of the day in the Grandstand Stadium.