Murray, Wawrinka, Raonic shocked at Aegon Championships

London June 21 (IANS) Defending champion Andy Murray suffered a shock defeat to World No. 90 Jordan Thompson in the first round of the Aegon Championships at Queen s Club here.

The world number one lost 6-7 2-6 to Australia s Thompson who entered the draw as a late replacement for the injured Aljaz Bedene of Britain reports Xinhua news service.

Second seed Stan Wawrinka and third seed Milos Raonic also lost their first-round matches on Wednesday.

Wawrinka the beaten finalist at Roland Garros Paris lost to Spain s Feliciano Lopez 6-7 5-7 while Raonic was beaten by another Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-7 6-7.

The defeat was Murray s first at the tournament since 2014 and ended his 14-match winning streak on grass stretching back to 2015.

It s a big blow for sure. It has happened in the past where guys haven t done well here and gone on to do well at Wimbledon Murray said.

There is no guarantee that I won t do well at Wimbledon but it certainly would have helped to have had more matches he added.

He played better than me. I didn t create loads of chances. I didn t return particularly well. He served big. He served well.

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