By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday January 18, 2022

Andy Murray's dream of making a deep run at a Slam once again will have to wait – it’s Taro Daniel’s turn. The 28-year-old qualifier moved past Murray, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Day 4 at Melbourne park, as he hit 46 winners against 21 unforced errors and saved nine of 11 break points against the five-time runner-up.

Andy Murray beaten in straight sets by a quick and inspired Taro Daniel 6-4 6-4 6-4.

Murray stil has great matches in him at majors, just not consecutive great matches it seems. Appeared flat for the parts of the match I saw today#getty pic.twitter.com/WMsBeJcUnU

— Christopher Clarey 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 (@christophclarey) January 20, 2022

Murray, who defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili in give grueling sets in the first round, had never lost to a player ranked outside of the Top-100 at a major. The Scot won a match at the Australian Open for the first time since 2017, and moved into sole possession of fifth place on the Australian Open's all-time Open Era win list this week.

Daniel will face either Jannik Sinner or Steve Johnson in the third round.

More to follow…