Before Australia expanded 2019, Andy Murray was shocked when declaring retirement. During the press conference, the Scottish player announced that this could be the last tournament in his career. The reason is because he struggled with hip injuries for a long time.
However, this sad story did not happen. After the hip regeneration surgery, Murray was back in the 2021 season. Recently, he had just had a return to Australia to expand his emotions after 3 years of absence, even more emotional when the former No. 1 in the world had a dramatic victory to win tickets to the second round.
In the opening match of 2022, Murray's opponent Nikoloz Basilashvili, the player ranked No. 21 of the tournament. Entering the first set, Murray did not face any difficulties. The Scottish player has 3 times successfully breaking the opponent's serve and winning 6-1.
Set set 2, the game suddenly changed afternoon. Accordingly, Basilashvili is the one who owns the game and won the break in game 3 and 5 in turn. During the last period, Murray reclaimed a break. However, he still had to receive defeat 3-6.
At set 3 and 4, each player had a victory, thereby pushing the game to the climax. In the fourth set, they even had to enter a series of intense tie-breaks. Here, Basilashvili took good advantage of the opportunity to win 7-5, thereby balancing the score 2-2.
Entering the 5 decision set, Murray had an impressive start. He quickly successfully broke the opponent's first serve game and took 3-0. However, Basilashvili also quickly regained his spirit. He reclaimed the break in game 7 and equipped the score 4-4 in game 8.
At game 10, Murray's bravery was shown. He won the break once more and then beat Basilashvili with a score of 6-4.
Winning 3-2 in the end, Murray stated his name in the second round of Australia expanded 2022. His opponent Taro Daniel – Japanese player in the world class 120 in the world.
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