WASHINGTON, March 10 (US): Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray has remained unbeaten this season in matches that moved into the deciding third or fifth set by coming back to beat Thomas Martin Echeverri 6-7 (5), 6-1. , 6-4 across more than three hours in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open.
Murray, who is 35 and has an artificial joint, faced two break points while leading at 15-40 and was already trailing 4-3 in the final set. Convert any of those chances, and Echeverry would have sealed the victory.
But 2009 Indian Wells runner-up Murray managed to stay there, starting three games at the end of the match against Echeverry, a 21-year-old from Argentina who was ranked No. 61 after reaching the final of the tournament in Santiago, Chile, last week.
So far in 2023, Murray is 5-0 in the best-of-three-set matches that have seen the last three sets, along with 2-0 in the best-of-five matches. He is 0-3 in contests that concluded earlier, per the Associated Press.
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