Unheralded Jerzy ousts Murray

World number three Murray’s defeat against the world 69 means that for the first time since the 2010 Paris Masters was won by Swede Robin Soderling,a Masters title will be claimed by a player outside of the Big Four.

Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer opted not to play in the French capital while Serb Novak Djokovic was dumped out of the tournament by American Sam Querrey.

Janowicz will face either the eighth-seeded Serb Janko Tipsarevic or Argentine Juan Monaco,the ninth seed. Against Murray,the 21-year-old Pole fell 15-40 behind in the 11th game. He saw off the first break point but double-faulted on the second.

Murray, claimed the set when his opponent sent a forehand long. The Pole,who was playing in a challenger tournament in Mons,Belgium,last month,refused to give up but in the seventh game of the second set,a sizzling Murray return gave the Scot a break.

Murray lost focus when serving for the match,however,netting a routine forehand on match point,and dropped serve when he sent a backhand wide as the set went into a tiebreak. Janowicz levelled the contest with a jaw-dropping drop shot on set point,and quickly opened a 4-1 lead as Murray,failed to regain composure.

Earlier,Czech Tomas Berdych,the fifth seed,recovered from a terrible start to down South African Kevin Anderson 1-6 6-3 6-4. He will next face Frenchman Gilles Simon,who advanced without having to play a shot after Japanese 15th seed Kei Nishikori withdrew with an ankle injury.