Perth: Andy Murray suffered his first defeat of 2016 against Nick Kyrgios but Heather Watson kept Great Britain's hopes of victory over Australia Green at the Hopman Cup alive with a gutsy win over Daria Gavrilova.


Great Britain's Andy Murray during men's singles encounter against Australia Green's Nick Krygios in Perth yesterday. Pic/Getty Images

Murray had won all four of his previous meetings against the flamboyant Australian, but Kyrgios produced a largely mature performance to triumph 6-4, 7-6 (7/5).