Returning after injury, Andy Murray is actively participating in tournaments to rediscover his form. Latest, he has just been present at the Masters 1000 event in Indian Wells and stopped in the third round. Soon after, the former No. 1 in the world was present at European Open – ATP 250 tournament held in Anwept, Belgium.
In the opening match last night, Murray had a face of Frances Tiafoe. The two players brought the audience an extremely attractive match when all 3 sets had to rely on a series of tie-breaks to determine the victory. Finally, the victory belonged to Murray.
Entering Set 1, Tiafoe is the better. The young American player won the first break in game 3 and then took 3-1. However, by game 10, Murray reclaimed the successful break to balance the score 5-5. Up to the last 2 games, each player won another break and then pulled together in the brain-brain tie-break series. Here, Murray won 2 minibels and won 7-2 gap.
Set Set 2, Murray and Tiafoe created an attractive chase. However, this is a set that both players play firmly when successfully defending all their serve games. The drama continues to be shown in the tie-break series when Tiafoe has 4 mini-breaks, while this figure of Murray is 3. Finally, 9-7 in favor of Tiafoe is the result of this gun battle series.
Draw 1-1, Murray and Tiafoe have to enter the third set. In particular, each person has once won the break in games 5 and 6.
In the last series of gun battles, the drama was pushed to the climax. Accordingly, each player has 2 mini-breaks. After a period of struggle, Murray won with a close score of 10-8.
In the end, Murray defeated Tiafoe 2-1 and put his name in the second round of European Open 2021. Here, the former No. 1 in the world will face Diego Schwartzman.
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