Murray mustered out at Queen's

Andy-MurrayThe Wimbledon warm-up tournament at Queen's club saw the ouster of yet another top seeded player. This time the victim being Andy Murray, consequently the tournament was left without a marquee player on Friday as top-seed Rafael Nadal crashed out only hours after the exit of holder Andy Murray.

American Mardy Fish ended a darkness-interrupted match, spread over two days, completing a 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7-2) win over Murray, the defending champ. The win put Fish into the quarterfinals against French 12th seed Michael Llodra.

Fellow Spaniard Feliciano Lopez upset Nadal 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 a day after the five-time French Open champion sealed a quarterfinal place for himself by beating Uzbek Denis Istomin.

Nadal had won the pair's last five meetings without the loss of a set; but the 28-year-old underdog ended his compatriot's 24-match win streak this season on a second match point as Nadal plowed a backhand into the net.

"This was one of my best matches on grass," said Lopez at the post match conference. "I played great, very consistent and solid. I only lost serve once".

Since Thursday, the tournament has also lost four-time champion Andy Roddick, second seed Novak Djokovic and number five Marin Cilic.