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Murray, twice a champion at the event, never got anywhere near
the form he showed the previous day in beating Japan's Taro
Daniel, lasting little over an hour against the second seed.
The 34-year-old took Bautista-Agut to deuce on serve in the
opening game but managed only five more points in the set.
Murray did hold serve to get on the board at the start of the
second set, but Bautista Agut reeled off the next five games to
move into the quarter-finals.
It was three-time Grand Slam champion Murray's heaviest Tour
defeat since also managing only one game against Roger Federer
in the ATP Finals in London in 2014.
Top seed Denis Shapovalov reached the last eight with a 6-4 6-0
victory over Slovakia's Alex Molcan.
(Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Toby Davis)
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