I think I did really well to keep going at the end.
And the more chances that go by the more you think about it. “I was getting really frustrated, and he was coming up with big serves, but I also felt like I made some poor decisions as well. “In some of the matches I’ve managed to win this year I felt like I was fortunate, whereas today I really had lots of chances in that third set and I wasn’t getting them,” Murray said. That’s when Murray pounced one last time, building a 0-40, triple break point lead and eventually breaking on his fifth chance, then serving it out in the next game, finishing it off with an ace. 61-ranked Argentine just wasn’t giving Murray anything early on, winning a grueling one-hour, 27-minute first set in a tie-break.Īfter two holds to start the second set Murray caught fire, winning the next five games in a row to take the 38-minute second set-but the two went into a holding pattern from there, eventually finding themselves in a deadlock at 4-all in the deciding set. Murray is now 7-3 overall on the year, having fallen to Sebastian Korda in Adelaide, Roberto Bautista Agut at the Australian Open and Daniil Medvedev in the Doha final-none in a deciding set.Īgainst Etcheverry, Murray was facing a player who was fresh off the first ATP final of his career in Santiago last week-and the No. Etcheverry in Indian Wells 1st Rd, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4 “If some of these matches were played last year I wouldn’t have won them, so credit to the hard work in the off-season, and to my team for pushing me.”ĪNDY MURRAY IN DECIDING SETS THIS YEAR (7-0): d. I put myself in a great position physically and I feel very motivated, so even when I’ve gone behind in the matches I’ve kept fighting, kept trying to find solutions. “Winning all seven this year, I'm aware at some stage I’ll lose one, but I worked really hard in the off-season. And once I won one, I did feel like I would start to feel more comfortable in those situations, and thankfully that’s been the case. “I don’t think it is a coincidence," Murray replied, "but last year I lost a lot of them, and I was talking to my team about it and was saying, like, the law of averages is saying this can’t keep going. He was asked about his flawless record in deciding sets in his on-court interview, and whether it’s a coincidence or not. 1 improved to 7-0 in deciding sets this year at Indian Wells on Thursday, battling from a set down to defeat Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4, in the first round of the Masters 1000 event. The three-time Grand Slam champion and former No. When the going gets tough, Andy Murray gets going.
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