Sir Andy Murray was apprehensive about his future after his humbling defeat at the hands of Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel at the Australian Open.
Despite being ranked outside the world's top 100, Murray's campaign started impressively in Melbourne, with the former finalist showing all of his iconic resilience to beat 21st seed Nikoloz Basilashvili in five sets.
And he was widely expected to prevail against Daniel, 28, who had previously never been beyond the second round of a Grand Slam.
But Murray failed to produce the tenacity of his first round display and was comprehensively outplayed, going down 6-4 6-4 6-4 at the John Cain Arena in what marked his first ever defeat against a qualifier in a Slam event.
