Andy Murray squandered a 4-1 lead in the third set before losing a tiebreaker to world No. 53 Federico Delbonis and exiting the BNP Paribas Open third round 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(3) in California Monday. World No. 2 Murray let his commanding lead evaporate on a warm, windy day at Indian Wells and needed to break the Argentine left-hander in the 12th game just to force the tiebreaker, which Delbonis won 7-3. Delbonis took advantage of a series of Murray errors to run off the last five points of the decider to end the two hour, 46 minute struggle in Stadium 1. "Thanks to everybody here for such an amazing match. It was a very intense match, very passionate, I think," the Argentine said. Delbonis, who reached the quarterfinals this year in Rio and Sao Paulo, varied his strategy against Murray and took advantage of some weakness in the Scot's serve. "I have never really felt that I played my best tennis here," Murray said. "I still feel like I can't really go for my shots. I feel like when I do, I make mistakes long. I have tried many different things. I don't know exactly why it is." Murray failed to register an ace and won less than 50 percent of his second serves. "I know it was a challenge," said Delbonis. "I have to mix (my shots) all the time. In the end, I can do my job and this is what I get." It was a short appearance in only the second tournament of the year for Murray, who lost in the final of the Australian Open to world No. 1 Novak Djokovic. Delbonis will meet Frenchman Gael Monfils in the fourth round after the 13th seed dispatched Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-1, 6-3. In another day match, 12th seed Milos Raonic of Canada advanced to the fourth round 6-3, 3-0 when Australian Bernard Tomic retired in the second set. Tomic had complained about an injured wrist before the match against the hard-serving Raonic, who will meet Czech Tomas Berdych in the fourth round. The sixth seed beat Croatian Borna Coric 6-1 7-6(3). Eighth seed Richard Gasquet of France advanced past Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov 2-6, 6-2, 6-1. His fourth-round opponent will be Croatian Marin Cilic, who defeated Argentine Leonardo Mayer 6-4 6-3. Belgian David Goffin defeated Argentine Guido Pella 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 and will next meet Stan Wawrinka after the Swiss third seed beat Russian Andrey Kuznetsov 6-4, 7-6(5). In women's third-round matches, No. 7 seed Belinda Bencic was upset by Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, and 2008 winner Ana Ivanovic lost 6-2, 6-0 to 18th-seeded Karolina Pliskova, who improved to 4-0 in her career against Ivanovic. Timea Bacsinszky defeated Eugenie Bouchard, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 and US Open runner-up Roberta Vinci beat 17th-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine, 6-1, 6-3. Christina McHale, one of three American women left in the draw, lost to Sam Stosur, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. Judy Murray quits Judy Murray has given up her role as captain of Great Britain's Fed Cup team, the Lawn Tennis Association announced Tuesday. Murray, the mother of British tennis star Andy Murray, was appointed to skipper the side in the Fed Cup — the leading women's international team tennis tournament — in 2011. But while Andy led Britain to victory in last year's Davis Cup, the men's equivalent, Judy was unable to have anything like the same impact from off the court, with her side failing to gain promotion to the elite World Group from the Europe/Africa zone. — Agencies
