Marinko Matosevic ... bows out of the Indian Wells Masters tournament. Source: Mark Humphrey / AP
Australia's Marinko Matosevic missed out on a clash with world No.1 Novak Djokovic when he lost a torrid third-round battle with American Sam Querry at the Indian Wells Masters.
Matosevic lost the first set in a tiebreak before fighting back to win a second-set tiebreak.
But it was not enough as Querrey triumphed over the 27-year-old Aussie 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (7-9) 7-5 to set up a fourth-round showdown with Djokovic, who was forced to mount a comeback of his own.
Djokovic trailed 4-1 in the opening set but he survived his rocky start to beat Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (7-4) 6-1 and reach the fourth round.
A clutch of errors from Djokovic's 21-year-old Bulgarian opponent was the only opportunity the Serbian star needed and he battled back to win in 67 minutes.
Djokovic improved his win-loss recorfd to 15-0 in 2013 and 20-0 since October 31, when he lost to Querrey at the Paris Masters.
Eighth-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and 17th-seeded Canadian Milos Raonic set up a rematch of their record-breaking London Olympics clash, when Tsonga out-lasted Raonic 6-3 3-6 25-23 in the second round.
The 48-game final set was the longest single set in Olympic history, a record that takes into account all men's and women's matches in both singles and doubles.
Tsonga held off American Mardy Fish 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-0) while Raonic rallied for a 3-6 6-4 6-3 victory over Croatian Marin Cilic.
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