Olympic champion Andy Murray’s career-best unbeaten run ended at 22 matches with a 6-4 7-5 defeat by Marin Cilic in the Cincinnati Masters final.
Just a week after retaining his Olympic title in Rio, Briton Murray, 29, lost in an hour and 34 minutes to 27-year-old Croat Cilic.
World number two Murray was attempting to secure his third Cincinnati Masters title, after wins in 2008 and 2011.
Victory brought Cilic his first title of 2016 and third since 2014’s US Open, reports the BBC.
Murray, whose 50th win of the year had come in the semi-final against Milos Raonic, was broken twice in the first set and, despite breaking back, fell behind.
The second set was a close affair, with Murray broken in game 11, after saving four break points, and Cilic serving out the match.
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