Just to make the start line at Wimbledon was an achievement for Andy Murray, not to mention the wonders of medical science. He provided a massive first week bonus to the tournament but it all came to a shuddering halt last night, when he was hustled out of the tournament by one of the young talents sure to outstay his career. Murray now has the unusual situation of a middle weekend to contemplate his future after going down 6-4 6-2 6-2 to 22 year-old Denis Shapovalov. His rousing send off at the end will not have been much consolation. Denis Shapovalov won in straight sets to end Andy Murray's run at this year's Wimbledon The Scot crashed out in straight sets in the third round on Centre Court in a commanding display from the Canadian Murray was the latest player to slip on the Wimbledon courts but did not suffer an injury It was the first time the 34 year-old Scot has gone out of the third round since his debut in 2005, and his heaviest defeat ever defeat at The Championships. That he made it here at all was something, given what the last four years have been like. Even a few weeks ago, prior to him playing at Queen’s Club, there were grave doubts over whether he could be vaguely competitive at this level in his reduced physical state. He showed that he can be, but it will remain a matter of conjecture whether he will be able to be back here and once more play in front of, God willing, a permitted full house. Twice he has been assisted by the closure of the roof this week in his normal evening slot, but the chance to reset and refresh after the second set would not be enough to save him this time. He went on to fight back from 4-1 down in the first set after suffering two breaks It is Shapovalov who will spend the next two days preparing for the second week, with the home singles contingent whittled down to two after what had been a broadly encouraging first four days. After the defeat of Dan Evans against Sebastian Korda this was the second instalment of a seasoned British grass courter going up against the finest North American youngsters. By the time Murray walked on it was nearly 7pm with every prospect that the roof would come into use at some point due to the preceding matches running on. Another cause was the new 1.30pm Centre Court starts, despite the embarrassingly swift unravelling of the another policy introduced this week, a 30-minute gap between matches on the main arena. The Canadian however held off the Scot's fightback to eventually take the first set By Tuesday that was cut to 20 minutes, and when the first women’s match went long it was abandoned altogether. While this has been a uniquely difficult Championships to organise it has been a rare case of Wimbledon blasting itself in the foot with an idea not properly thought through, and which some officials clearly did not know about. Murray was playing on a patch of grass with which he is so familiar, but unusually he had not practised on the Thursday after his late finish the night before in order to prepare his body. So for all the Canadian’s pre-match talk that it was great to see Murray moving again so well it is a reminder that things have not stayed the same for the 34 year-old Scot. Shapovalov's serve was brutal and caused Murray plenty of problems on Centre Court Shapovalov has played at Wimbledon three times before and, somewhat surprisingly for a player of whom great things have been predicted, he had not been past the second round. While the courts have been drying out, Murray began the match by slipping onto his backside on the very first point. Having fallen for a second time in the second game he promptly changed his shoes. While he found his feet Shapovalov found his range, and powered ahead to 5-1 with two breaks of serve. In the stands there was a sense of muted anxiety, in case this turned ugly. An optimist might have hoped that it was just one of Murray’s dips of this week coming early. The British number four (that still sounds strange) then snapped back into it and with electrifying returns recovered one break. He should have had a second as the blonde lefthander started to miss. Murray again was broken twice in the second set and saw little reward for his perseverance The tenth game was right up there with the best Murray has been a part of at SW19, although it was not the normal outcome. Three break points were created, and on the third of them Shapovalov produced the most exquisite stop volley that beautifully arced over the net. It was already clear that the Canadian, with his start-the-lawnmower backhand, is a superior ballstriker to the previous two opponents, and at times Murray looked heavy legged by comparison. That effect was magnified by conceding another break in the first game of the second set, which saw the momentum switch back thanks to a double fault from the Scot, the kind that you would have rarely seen a few years back. Murray is short of matchplay and needed a big serving night that never materialised. There was no surrender – there never is – but he was powerless to prevent himself going into the now customary roof break without having a mountain to climb on the other side. Shapovalov made no mistake from there to go two sets to the good before the roof came over The misery continued for the Scot as he was broken early again on the way to losing the third set All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility