Dubai: An out-of-sorts Andy Murray lost in straight sets to Croatian teenager Borna Coric to crash out of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships yesterday.


Borna Coric and Andy Murray. Pics/Getty Images 

Murray thrashed Coric in a Davis Cup singles tie in September 2013 in their only other previous meeting, but was second best throughout the quarter-final encounter as the 18-year-old Coric won 6-1 6-3 in one hour and 19 minutes.