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It was an unbelievable battle: Murray
Updated On: 21 October, 2021 08:48 AM IST | Brussels | AFP
The Scot, 34, who has suffered career-threatening hip injuries, saved two match points to pull off a 7-6 (7/2), 6-7 (7/9), 7-6 (10/8) victory in a thrilling first-round clash in Antwerp
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Andy Murray returns to Frances Tiafoe on Tuesday. Pic/AFP
Andy Murray said that he had “never played a match like it” after the former World No. 1 battled past the American Frances Tiafoe in an epic at the European Open.
The Scot, 34, who has suffered career-threatening hip injuries, saved two match points to pull off a 7-6 (7/2), 6-7 (7/9), 7-6 (10/8) victory in a thrilling first-round clash in Antwerp. At 3hr 45min it was the longest best-of-three match this year, the ATP said, eclipsing the 3hr 38min played by Rafael Nadal and Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Barcelona final in April.
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