Last Updated: February 21, 2023, 11:56 IST
A tough-fought win for Andy Murray. (File Photo)
Andy Murray was trailing 0-1 after shedding the opening set 4-6 earlier than he stormed again to win his Doha opener
Down three match factors late in the third set, Great Britain’s Andy Murray rallied to beat Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4) in the primary spherical of the Qatar Open on Monday at Doha.
Murray served at 4-5 in the third set, fell behind 15-40 in that recreation, saved each match factors, then confronted one other break level in the identical recreation and once more survived.
Sonego led 3-0 in the decisive tiebreaker earlier than Murray gained the following six factors to draw back.
With the event’s prime 4 seeds receiving first-round byes in the 28-player draw, seventh-seeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina was the highest seed in motion on Monday. The Spaniard beat France’s Constant Lestienne 6-4, 6-3.
Other first-round winners have been Great Britain’s Liam Broady and Australians Jason Kubler and Christopher O’Connell.
Open 13 Provence
Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka registered the one two service breaks of the match whereas beating Belgium’s Zizou Bergs 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-4 in the primary spherical at Marseille, France.
Wawrinka bought the one break in the opening set in the ultimate recreation and the one break of the third set in the primary recreation. The three-time Grand Slam champion saved all seven break factors on his personal serve.
In the opening day’s solely different two main-draw matches, Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik got here from behind to beat Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, and Benjamin Bonzi topped Luca Van Assche 7-5, 7-5 in an all-French conflict.
Rio Open
Brazil’s Thiago Monteiro saved the one 4 break factors of the third set in the opening video games, then went on to defeat Austria’s Dominic Thiem 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (2) in the primary spherical at Rio de Janeiro.
Monteiro improved his ATP Tour singles file to 2-6 this yr, whereas Thiem, the 2020 U.S. Open champion, fell to 1-5.
Ninth-seeded Alex Molcan of Slovakia simply dealt with Brazilian wild-card entrant Joao Fonseca 6-0, 6-3. Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien, Serbia’s Laslo Djere and Spain’s Pedro Martinez additionally earned first-round victories.
Third-seeded Lorenzo Musetti of Italy opposed Chilean qualifier Nicolas Jarry in the final match of the evening, and Jarry pulled off a 6-4, 6-1 upset.
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