Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Friday September 29, 2023 at 8:09 p.m.
Beaten for the fifth in as many matches by Alex De Minaur in Beijing after a suspenseful match, Andy Murray broke down, after letting three match points slip away.
Titled in 2016 in Beijing, Andy Murray stopped in the first round of the tournament in the Chinese capital, but not without a fight. Opposed to Alex De Minaur, he lost for the fifth time in as many confrontations against the Australian (6-3, 5-7, 7-6 in 2h55), not without saving three match points. A frustrating defeat for the Scot, who was eliminated in the second round in Zhuhai against Aslan Karatsev, already in three sets. A very frustrated and even particularly angry Murray, he who led 5-2 in the last act, so much so thathe exploded his racket in rage, after having already received a warning. And the 40th player in the world was no calmer after the meeting, pushing away a television camera when leaving the court.
De Minaur like Djokovic, Federer and Nadal
De Minaur has joined a very select club, since he only becomes the fourth player in history to beat the Brit five times consecutively, after Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, sorry. “I think we probably both didn’t play our best tennis today, so it was a bit of a nonsense. But I’m happy that I was able to win my first match in probably a very long time. , for a very long time, having saved several match points. It’s mainly due to my attitude. I stayed focused, telling myself to keep trying and motivating myself,” the Australian then explained at a press conference. Whoever is ranked 12th in the ATP rankings will face world number 3 Daniil Medvedev for a place in the quarter-finals of the Chinese tournament. Murray should return to the courts next week, during the Masters 1000 in Shanghai.
2023-09-29 18:19:46
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