Andy Murray was upset by Florian Mayer 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the second round of the Qatar Open.
Rafa Nadal was also taken to three sets but emerged with a 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3 win over Tobias, while David Ferrer lost 6-4, 7-5 to Daniel Brands.
Murray was leading 6-3, 3-0 when the 40th-ranked Mayer started to play more aggressively, going for winners on nearly every shot. The German won 12 of the last 15 games, closing out the match with a net-cord winner to seal the win in 1 hour, 51 minutes.
Murray hit 25 winners, but the reigning Wimbledon champion also had 37 unforced errors.
"I didn't have extremely high expectations, because I haven't obviously played a match for a long time,'' Murray said. ''You don't know exactly how your body is going to respond."
The last four times Murray played a tournament during the first week of the new season he captured the title: in 2008 and '09 at Doha, and 2012 and '13 at Brisbane.
Info and photo from AP
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