Andy Murray – Andy Murray vs Roberto Bautista Agut, Australian Open 2023: Scot mounts yet one more comeback – Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/AP
11:42 AM
Murray* 1-6, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 4-6 Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
Forehand winner by Murray, 0-15. Bautista Agut backhand lengthy, 0-30. Murray nets a forehand, 15-30.
Too good from Bautista Agut as he smashes away an overhead past Murray’s attain, 30-30.
Murray forehand broad, 40-30. Murray backhand into the online. GAME SET MATCH BAUTISTA AGUT.
11:37 AM
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Strains of Nessun Dorma drifting over from behind Margaret Court Arena. I’m undecided why, nevertheless it’s irresistible to counsel that the fats woman could also be singing on Andy Murray’s courageous and unforgettable Australian Open.
11:36 AM
Murray 1-6, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 4-5 Bautista Agut* (*denotes subsequent server)
Wow! Brilliant lob by Bautista Agut over the top of Murray, 0-15. He’s executed that a number of instances now.
Bautista Agut steps into the courtroom and whips a forehand winner into the nook, 0-30. Murray goes for a forehand down the road however misses the baseline, 0-40. Murray backhand lengthy.
Bautista Agut breaks and can serve for the match. Seven factors in a row for Bautista Agut.
11:33 AM
Murray* 1-6, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 4-4 Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
Murray skips to his aspect of the courtroom as if to show he has no intention of quitting.
Bautista Agut forehand drifts into the tramlines, 15-30. Murray is flattening out his forehand however will get it incorrect on this event, 30-30.
Bautista Agut holds once more.
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11:28 AM
Murray 1-6, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 4-3 Bautista Agut* (*denotes subsequent server)
Big-hitting by Murray and he finishes with a forehand winner that wrong-foots Bautista Agut, 15-15.
Back-to-back volley winners by Murray, 40-15. Murray forehand winner down the road for a winner!!! He nudges forward once more.
11:25 AM
Murray* 1-6, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 3-3 Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
Easy maintain to like for Bautista Agut. Took simply 61 seconds.
Murray straight again into serving.
11:23 AM
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Murray has admitted previously that he likes to give attention to one spectator and make eye contact with them when he’s making an attempt to energise himself. Right now, that one spectator appears to be a girl in a yellow gown sitting within the entrance row. He’s pointing and clenching his fist, she’s standing up and doing likewise.
Story continues
11:21 AM
Murray 1-6, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 3-2 Bautista Agut* (*denotes subsequent server)
Beautiful contact on the internet with a drop shot by Bautista Agut, 15-15. Dipping backhand move by Bautista Agut and Murray nets a half volley, 15-30.
Much wanted ace for Murray, 30-30. Aggressive tennis by Murray and he finishes the purpose with a backhand volley winner, 40-30.
Another fabulous however brutal rally and it ends with Bautista Agut whipping a forehand previous a stranded Murray.
Outrageous lob by Bautista Agut when it seemed like Murray had the purpose, break level. Gutsy serve by Murray and Bautista Agut nets.
Murray completes a superb maintain with a blistering backhand winner into the nook.
11:13 AM
Murray* 1-6, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 2-2 Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
Bautista Agut holds to fifteen very comfortably. He’s been excellent tonight particularly given the partisan crowd on Margaret Court Arena.
11:09 AM
Murray 1-6, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 2-1 Bautista Agut* (*denotes subsequent server)
Feels unfair when Bautista Agut performs a drop shot to Murray. Murray huffs and puffs however would not get close to it, 0-30.
Credit to Murray, he discovers his first serve and it pulls him again to 30-30. Wild drive forehand by Murray, break level.
Rock stable tennis from Murray and Bautista Agut drags a backhand broad, deuce. Forehand by Murray goes broad, second break level.
Brutal, brutal rally and this time Murray breaks down on the forehand aspect. Bautista Agut breaks again. Approaching the three-hour mark.
11:02 AM
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The ambiance on Margaret Court Arena has gone from a celebration to a wake shortly after that third set. Not loads of love out right here for Bautista Agut, whose use of the dropshot has been nearly sadistic in its brilliance.
11:02 AM
Murray* 1-6, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 2-0 Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
I really feel like I’m repeating myself however Murray’s motion shouldn’t be good in any respect. He appears unsteady and struggling to face upright.
Yet to lunges to his proper to hit an enormous forehand return and Bautista Agut cannot get the ball again in play, break level.
Wow. Another gruelling rally, Murray retains himself within the rally and Bautista Agut cracks first.
Murray breaks.
10:58 AM
Fourth set: Murray 1-6, 7-6 (7), 3-6, 1-0 Bautista Agut* (*denotes subsequent server)
Murray with one other drop shot to deliver Bautista Agut and the Spaniard nets, 30-15. Murray drop shot into the online.
He’s making an attempt to maintain factors as brief as doable and he strikes gingerly across the courtroom. But in a should win set, he holds serve when Bautista Agut nets a forehand.
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10:49 AM
Murray* 1-6, 7-6 (7), 3-6 Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
You can hear Murray groaning as Bautista Agut strikes him backward and forward however the Spaniard retains his head and flicks a forehand up the road for a winner, 15-0.
Bautista Agut overhead winner, 30-0. Murray forehand return into the online, 40-0. Tired return by Murray goes lengthy and Bautista Agut takes a 2 units to 1 lead.
Does Murray have something left within the tank?
10:45 AM
Murray 1-6, 7-6 (7), 3-5 Bautista Agut* (*denotes subsequent server)
Great play on the internet by Bautista Agut and he finishes with a excessive backhand volley winner, 0-30. Murray overhead winner, 15-30.
Off stability, Murray drags a backhand into the tramlines, 15-40. Murray saves the primary when Bautista Agut nets a backhand. Surprising error that.
Ooooh and ahhhs from the group as each gamers go for it in a rigidity stuffed level however Bautista Agut cracks first when he places a forehand lengthy, deuce.
Another brutal rally, Bautista Agut performs a drop shot to deliver Murray ahead however Murray cannot get his flicked reply into courtroom, break level.
Murray backhand into the online. Bautista Agut breaks.
10:36 AM
Murray* 1-6, 7-6 (7), 3-4 Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
Quick maintain to like by Bautista Agut. His sixth of the match. Murray wished no a part of that recreation. He desires a lie down.
10:33 AM
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At that final changeover, lots of people had been coming again into the stadium with beers and scorching canine. They are settling in for a protracted night time.
10:33 AM
Murray 1-6, 7-6 (7), 3-3 Bautista Agut* (*denotes subsequent server)
Tired trying backhand into the online from Murray, 0-30. Murray assaults the online and will get the purpose with a volley winner, 15-30.
Timely first serve by Murray and Bautista Agut would not get his return into play, 30-30. Brilliant defence by Murray, who’s hanging on for expensive life, and forces the error from Bautista Agut, 40-30.
Murray holds once more when Bautista Agut places a backhand lengthy.
10:26 AM
Murray* 1-6, 7-6 (7), 2-3 Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
Murray steps in on a weak Bautista Agut second serve and locations a forehand return within the nook for a winner, 30-30.
Bautista Agut will get Murray transferring aspect to aspect, he then assaults the online and performs a backhand volley however Murray cannot discover the road with a forehand, 40-30.
Deuce as Bautista Agut nets a backhand. Rally of the match, all courtroom tennis from each gamers, nice response on the internet by Murray however Bautista Agut is there to complete with a volley winner.
Murray forehand lengthy and Bautista Agut holds once more.
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10:20 AM
Murray 1-6, 7-6 (7), 2-2 Bautista Agut* (*denotes subsequent server)
Murray’s motion is not trying nice to my eye. Looks to be struggling to push off from his legs. But some how he hits back-to-back aces to achieve 40-15.
Deep return by Bautista Agut however Murray anticipates it, flicks a half volley forehand up the road and Bautista Agut’s effort goes broad.
10:17 AM
Murray* 1-6, 7-6 (7), 1-2 Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
Despite the overwhelming majority of the group favouring Murray, Bautista Agut retains his head and holds to fifteen.
He is trying sturdy on serve once more. Tiebreaks are prone to be Murray’s buddy at the moment.
10:14 AM
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We assume we heard Murray grumble “No acknowledgement” as he settled right down to serve – possibly in reflection of the Ivan Lendl stoneface along with the courtroom.
10:13 AM
Murray 1-6, 7-6 (7), 1-1 Bautista Agut* (*denotes subsequent server)
The drop shot is turning into a massively vital tactic on this match. Bautista Agut is utilizing it to pull Murray ahead from the baseline whereas Murray does it to place Bautista Agut on the internet the place he is not as comfy.
Another gruelling rally together with extra drop pictures, a lob and a tweener however Murray holds on.
He appears very drained although as he strikes to the again of the courtroom.
10:04 AM
Third set: Murray* 1-6, 7-6 (7), 0-1 Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
You need to marvel how a lot that set took out of Murray however he has executed extremely to even win a set.
Bautista Agut holds to like comfortably.
10:02 AM
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We’ve received a type of orangey-pink skies over Margaret Court Arena now because the solar units. Everyone in my row is getting out their iPhones, as a result of it units off the blue courtroom so properly. Most individuals, although, are too busy going nuts over Murray’s newest comeback. He obtained a standing ovation for successful the second set.
10:00 AM
Murray 1-6, 7-6 (7) Bautista Agut – TIEBREAK
Another glorious drop shot by Murray drags Bautista Agut ahead and Murray places away a backhand volley for a winner, 7-6.
Bautista Agut’s flip to pull Murray to the online with a drop shot and he finishes with a forehand volley winner, 7-7.
Bautista Agut forehand lengthy, 8-7. Bautista Agut forehand into the online, 9-7.
A 78-minute thriller!
09:55 AM
Murray 1-6, 6-6 Bautista Agut – TIEBREAK
Bautista Agut will get Murray on the run and the Briton’s lob drifts broad, 2-5. Murray drive forehand winner after a well timed first serve, 3-5. Bautista Agut pulls Murray backward and forward however Murray stays within the rally and hits a backhand winner, 4-5.
Bautista Agut forehand winner, 4-6. 22 shot rally, stuffed with rigidity however Bautista Agut cracks first when he nets a forehand, 5-6.
Brilliant forehand by Murray into the nook, he will get a brief ball from Bautista Agut and performs a beautiful drop shot for a winner, 6-6.
09:49 AM
Murray 1-6, 6-6 Bautista Agut – TIEBREAK
Murray drop shot, Bautista Agut would not do sufficient together with his reply and Murray volleys a easy backhand volley, 1-0. Murray goes for it on the return however fails to get the ball in play, 1-1.
Bautista Agut forehand winner, too good, 1-2. Bautista Agut forehand winner, 1-3. Bautista Agut makes an attempt a backhand up the road however simply misses, 2-3. Bautista Agut forehand winner, 2-4.
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09:43 AM
Murray* 1-6, 6-6 Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
Frustration for Murray as he nets a forehand return, 30-15. He then goes for an excessive amount of on a forehand and it flies lengthy.
And Bautista Agut earns himself a tiebreak when Murray nets a forehand.
09:40 AM
Murray 1-6, 6-5 Bautista Agut* (*denotes subsequent server)
Ace by Murray, 15-15. He then nets a weary forehand, 30-30. Another punishing rally and Murray backhand goes broad, break level.
Exceptional backhand passing shot by Murray, deuce. Bautista Agut ought to have put away the volley however great hustle by Murray.
What a response from the group as Murray holds when Bautista Agut shanks a forehand return broad.
Murray has assured himself a tiebreak on the very least.
09:33 AM
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Murray is actually extra engaged now and is making an attempt to make use of the group to fireside himself up. We’ve seen a raised fist and a few large “Come ons”. Several Saltire flags are in proof. But the ache he’s feeling is palpable. His grunts sound extra like yelps of agony.
09:33 AM
Murray* 1-6, 5-5 Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
This time it is Bautista Agut’s flip to hit a drop shot, Murray reaches it however identical to within the final level of the earlier recreation, he’s there to place away a forehand down the road, 15-0.
Another drop shot by Bautista Agut to pull Murray to the online and he finishes with a backhand move, 40-0. Very good tactical play.
But Murray sensationally brings it again to deuce with a backhand winner after nice anticipation.
Bautista Agut hangs on when Murray nets a return.
09:27 AM
Murray 1-6, 5-4 Bautista Agut* (*denotes subsequent server)
A fifth double fault by Murray, 0-15. Bautista Agut drills a backhand up the road, 15-30. He’s seeking to hit straight again after the earlier recreation.
Bautista Agut forehand broad, 30-30. He then slices a backhand into the online, 40-30. Bautista Agut has made loads of errors in the previous few video games. Feeling the stress maybe?
Exquisite drop shot by Murray, Bautista Agut will get there and angles a forehand however Murray speeds as much as it and flicks a forehand down the road for a winner.
Bautista Agut will serve to remain within the set subsequent.
09:22 AM
Murray* 1-6, 4-4 Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
Murray lastly wins a degree on Bautista Agut’s serve when the Spaniard’s forehand goes lengthy.
Vintage Murray backhand up the road, 0-30. This is the primary time he is been on this place in a Bautista Agut service recreation.
Bautista Agut double fault., 0-40. The crowd erupts as Bautista Agut nets a forehand and Murray breaks.
Game on?
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09:16 AM
Murray 1-6, 3-4 Bautista Agut* (*denotes subsequent server)
Every time Bautista Agut senses a passive shot by Murray, he goes on the assault and makes the Briton pay.
Bautista Agut steps right into a Murray second serve and bangs it down the road for a winner, 15-30. Better from Murray this time as he will get Bautista Agut on the run and attracts the error.
Massive level arising…
Murray begins on the assault however Bautista Agut takes management of the rally, hits a deep forehand method shot and closes the online. He has a simple backhand volley however he nets inexplicably, 40-30.
We go to deuce after Murray nets a backhand. Break level Bautista Agut after Murray nets.
Gutsy play by Murray, taking the sport to Bautista Agut and he saves break level with an overhead winner.
Murray ace to carry!
09:09 AM
Murray* 1-6, 2-4 Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
The rallies are getting longer and extra punishing for Murray. Bautista Agut shouldn’t be making many errors and is holding Murray on the transfer. A bit merciless to bully a person with a steel hip.
Bautista Agut completes one other love maintain.
09:05 AM
Murray 1-6, 2-3 Bautista Agut* (*denotes subsequent server)
Better from Murray as he runs round his backhand and hits a forehand winner, 15-15.
Brilliant from Murray. Longest rally of the match, 23 pictures, however Murray adjusts his ft properly and locations a backhand winner down the road, 40-30.
Forehand lengthy by Murray, deuce. The crowd get on their ft as Murray wins the sport with some good play on the internet. He’s not giving up but.
08:59 AM
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The crowd are doing their finest to awaken Murray out of his (very comprehensible) torpor. He simply took an enormous swing on the courtroom together with his racket so at the very least that was some show of emotion. But there are at the very least a handful of Bautista Agut followers right here as a result of I can see three or 4 Spanish flags
08:58 AM
Murray* 1-6, 1-3 Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
Routine service maintain to like for Bautista Agut. He’s gained 13 factors in a row on serve.
Murray swipes his racket once more on the courtroom. This is hard to observe.
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08:56 AM
Murray 1-6, 1-2 Bautista Agut* (*denotes subsequent server)
Attack minded tennis from Murray and he finishes with a backhand volley winner, 15-15. Lengthy rally, Murray is pushed broad and nets a forehand.
Murray pushes a backhand into the tramlines, 15-40. He swipes his racket throughout the courtroom in frustration.
Bautista Agut goes for a backhand up the road, Murray wasn’t getting there, however happily for him the ball drops within the tramlines.
Oh expensive! Another Murray double fault. Bautista Agut breaks.
08:50 AM
Murray* 1-6, 1-1 Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
Bautista Agut blasts a forehand into the nook for a winner, 40-0. And he holds to like when Murray nets a forehand return.
Bautista Agut has dropped simply three factors on serve. Murray has to do much more if he desires to interrupt him.
08:47 AM
Second set: Murray 1-6, 1-0 Bautista Agut* (*denotes subsequent server)
A should win set for Murray it’s a must to assume. He will not come again from two units down once more certainly?!
He does make begin although, hitting his second ace to maneuver to 40-15. And he holds with a pleasant drop shot winner.
Positive power from the 35-year-old in the direction of his assist field.
08:43 AM
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Murray’s three matches at this match have delivered three very completely different moods from him. Against Berrettini he was very centered and engaged, geeing himself up whereas avoiding shows of frustration. Against Kokkinakis he was extraordinarily tempestuous. And thus far at the moment he has simply been fully absent. No phrases. No gestures.
08:42 AM
Murray* 1-6 Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
Every time Bautista Agut will get Murray on the run, the Briton appears in hassle.
Bautista Agut earns himself three set factors. And he takes the set after 29 minutes when Murray nets a forehand return.
I do not assume this match will final 5 hours…
08:39 AM
Murray 1-5 Bautista Agut* (*denotes subsequent server)
Bautista Agut generally is a wall at instances and Murray shouldn’t be discovering it straightforward to interrupt by way of. Murray hits a stiff-looking forehand into the online, 0-30.
Third double fault from Murray, 15-40. He saves the primary break level with an ace.
But not the second. Murray assaults the online with an excellent volley however Bautista Agut lifts a beautiful lob over Murray’s head which bounces away for a winner.
Bautista Agut breaks.
08:34 AM
Murray* 1-4 Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
Great pace by Bautista Agut to achieve one other Murray drop shot and this time he flicks a brief angled forehand for a winner, 30-15.
Murray unloads on a backhand and it flies previous Bautista Agut for a winner, 40-30. But Bautista Agut maintains his lead when he pushes Murray broad and the Briton’s defensive forehand goes into the tramlines.
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08:30 AM
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Conversation behind me: “He appears drained.” “Not stunning, after these two lengthy matches.”
Scottish voice from stand: “C’mon Andy, you bought this.”
08:30 AM
Murray 1-3 Bautista Agut* (*denotes subsequent server)
Second double fault of the match by Murray, 0-30. Good stuff from Murray as he comes ahead and exhibits mushy arms to hit a drop shot which Bautista Agut cannot get again over the online.
Bautista Agut backhand into the online, 40-30. That was his first unforced error of the match.
Another drop shot by Murray however this time Bautista Agut will get there, Murray then tries to lob him however Bautista Agut makes the overhead and Murray nets a backhand, deuce.
First fist pump of the match from Murray as he holds after Bautista Agut’s backhand goes lengthy.
Hopefully that is the place his match begins!
08:21 AM
Murray* 0-3 Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
Very early in fact however it’s already trying ominous for Murray. Bautista Agut races to 40-0 and finishes the sport with a backhand winner up the road.
The Spaniard has gained 11 factors. Just one for Murray.
08:19 AM
Murray 0-2 Bautista Agut* (*denotes subsequent server)
Double fault by Murray on the opening level, 0-15. He seemed very stiff on that. Movement is clearly a problem.
Bautista Agut goes on the assault and finishes with a backhand volley winner, 0-30.
Murray whips a forehand into the tramlines, 0-40.
Murray will get a brief ball and hits a cross-court backhand method shot however Bautista Agut anticipates it and drills a backhand winner down the road.
Bautista Agut breaks.
08:15 AM
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Greetings from Melbourne. We reckon that Murray has had 39 hours to get well from Thursday night time/Friday morning’s barnstormer towards Kokkinakis. It’s a pleasing night right here, possibly 20 levels however feels cooler with a swirling breeze. The solar’s simply happening behind the japanese stand.
08:15 AM
First set: Andy Murray* 0-1 Roberto Bautista Agut (*denotes subsequent server)
Murray forehand winner, 15-15. It would make sense for Murray to be extra aggressive and spend as little time on courtroom as doable.
Back-to-back backhand errors by Murray, 40-15. And Bautista Agut holds when Murray’s forehand return goes lengthy.
08:08 AM
Coin toss
Just like on Thursday, Murray loses the toss.
Bautista Agut opts to serve first however Murray chooses to swap sides.
08:05 AM
Here we go!
Warm reception for Murray as he enters the courtroom adopted by Bautista Agut.
Looks to be transferring OK however we’ll see how he’s when he is compelled to run.
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07:49 AM
Bautista Agut praises Murray
I’m completely happy for him that he is in good condition, he’s successful good matches, and he’s having fun with the courtroom once more.
07:42 AM
Last Brit Standing
Murray is the one British participant left on the Australian Open after Dan Evans was knocked out in a single day by Andrey Rublev in three units.
Read Simon Briggs’ report on Evans’ exit right here.
07:29 AM
How a lot power will Murray have left?
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07:21 AM
Can Murray produce one other magic second?
By Tom Ward
When it involves pleasure, Andy Murray has set the bar pretty excessive on the Australian Open up to now.
Back-to-back 5 set wins towards proficient opponents, the second of which – towards native favorite Thanassi Kokkinakis – will certainly go down as among the best matches the Briton has ever performed.
Now to reset. Murray has had simply 28 hours restoration between beating Kokkinakis and his assembly with Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut this morning.
That is, in skilled sport phrases, lengthy sufficient to recharge the batteries however maybe not when your final match ended at 4.05am and principally denied you a complete night time’s sleep. With that in thoughts, Murray’s bodily situation will go a great distance deciding the end result of this match.
Should he really feel good, he’s proven greater than sufficient of his previous spark thus far to have a large likelihood of reserving a fourth-round berth. Should he not, he’s dealing with an opponent totally able to placing him to the sword.
Bautista Agut was taken to 5 units himself within the second spherical – albeit in a far much less attritional contest to the one Murray confronted.
The 34-year-old reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in 2019, throughout which he beat Murray in a five-set, first-round thriller. He fell to Stefanos Tsitsipas that season however, if nothing else, proved his liking for Melbourne.
Murray’s loss to Bautista Agut in 2019 was the final match he performed earlier than present process the hip surgical procedure that many feared might deliver his profession to an premature finish.
With that in thoughts this contest has a pleasant feeling of symmetry about it, as Murray appears to bury the Spanish ghost of Australian Opens previous.
While usually unpredictable lately, one factor we are able to depend on is that Murray will depart nothing out on the courtroom tonight as he tries to advance to the fourth spherical in Melbourne for the primary time since 2017.
