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Double trouble for Murray

12 April 2012

Andy Murray was in doubles action in Indian Wells on Monday night as he warmed up for Tuesday's meeting with Ivo Karlovic, but he crashed to a second-round defeat.

The British number one and American partner Eric Butorac, with whom Murray's brother Jamie had success last season, fell in straight sets to Richard Gasquet and Robert Lindstedt at the Pacific Life Open.

Gasquet and Lindstedt took an early lead in the first set before clinching it 6-4 and then pulled away at the end of the second to win it by the same score.

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