PARIS, Nov 2 — Former world number one Andy Murray failed to convert seven match points after battling back from a set and a break down only to lose a three hour thriller 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (11/9) to lucky loser Dominik Koepfer of Germany in the Paris Masters first round on Monday. Murray, ranked 144,...
PARIS, Nov 2 — Former world number one Andy Murray failed to convert seven match points after battling back from a set and a break down only to lose a three hour thriller 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 to lucky loser Dominik Koepfer of Germany in the Paris Masters first round on Monday.
However, Murray, roared on by the crowd, roused himself and broke his 55th-ranked opponent before going on to take the set.Murray will rue letting so many match points slip — two when Koepfer served to stay in the match at 4-5 and then five more in the epic tie-breaker. The 26-year-old British number one has risen to 13th in the rankings having begun the year 71st in the world.
Djokovic is playing for the first time since Daniil Medvedev dashed his dreams of a Grand Slam sweep in the US Open final in September and he warned on Sunday lack that match play is his major worry.
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