Tennis: Murray shocked in third round

Fourth seed Andy Murray has been knocked out of the US Open, going down to Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka in four sets.

Murray won the first set in a tie-breaker before 25th seed Wawrinka overpowered the Brit, taking out the match 6-7 7-6 6-3 6-3.

Murray was the fourth player seeded inside the top 10 to fail to get out of the third round.

Wawrinka will meet American Sam Querrey in the next round.

- NZ Herald Online