Andy Murray loses to Lu Yen-hsun at the Beijing Olympics in 2008

Last summer's Olympic Games provided Andy Murray with some of the best moments of his career, but his second-round match here against Lu Yen-hsun, of Chinese Taipei, will be a reminder of a more painful Olympic experience.

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