TENNIS:ANDY MURRAY and Rafael Nadal tumbled out of the AEGON Championships during another harrowing day for the top seeds that has left Queen's bereft of star names.

Only Nadal of the tournament’s top-five players reached the quarter-finals after Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick and Marin Cilic succumbed on Thursday.

Added to the list of high-profile casualties were Murray, who saw his third-round clash with United States player Mardy Fish end in a 4-6, 6-1, 6-7 (2/7) defeat, and world number one Nadal who was stunned 6-7 (5/7), 4-6 by Spaniard Feliciano Lopez.