First it was Novak Djokovic and now it is Andy Murray, the world number 1 who is going home very early as his dream of winning the Australian Open for the first time was crushed by world No. 50th ranked Tennis player.
The Australian Open is coming to life gradually as we are witnessing what we call the " Cupset " and the two top guns are out.
Andy Murray's dreams of winning his maiden Australian Open were crushed in stunning fashion by Germany's 50th-ranked Mischa Zverev, in Melbourne on Sunday.
The world No 1, who had reached the quarter-finals every year since 2010, hadn't lost to anyone in Melbourne with a ranking as low as Zverev's since Juan Ignacio Chela in 2006.
His shock defeat follows that of reigning champion Novak Djokovic, who fell to Denis Istomin in the second round on Thursday, leaving the men's draw at the year's first Grand Slam wide open.
Murray had started the Australian Open convincingly and despite starting strong favourite, the German produced a stunning 7-5 5-7 6-2 6-4 victory in a brisk three hours and 34 minutes to reach the last eight.
Germany's Mischa Zverev won the match of his life
The five-time Melbourne Park finalist was well-acquainted with his opponent, his contemporary at 29 and an old sparring partner dating back to their junior days.
But left-hander Zverev, who was playing his first ever Grand Slam fourth round, recorded the win of his life and will now face either Roger Federer or Kei Nishikori in the quarter-finals.
Zverev's younger brother Alexander, the more fancied of the two siblings and sitting in his box, had stretched Rafael Nadal to five sets less than 24 hours before, but Mischa went one step further by inflicting arguably the biggest shock of Murray's career by serving and volleying his way to victory.
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