If he is serving, a single shot is often enough. In the opening set, in particular, it felt as if he were taking a Morris Minor out for a spin on a Formula One track.īerrettini doesn’t like to spend too much time on his tennis. Murray was always scrambling for purchase in this contest, because he was up against an alarming power differential. “Whereas I felt like I started to feel better with each match that I played. “If this was 12 months ago, I would have got probably progressively worse as the matches went on,” he said afterwards. Here was clear proof that he had mastered the cramping issue that dogged him through most of the American swing. The way he celebrated one hard-earned service hold, you might have thought he had won the title. Yet there was still much to admire in the way Murray hit back at the end of the third set. Instead, he dropped his own serve in the next game and the match was effectively over. That would have given him a clear shot at one of his patented five-set comebacks. Murray fans will feel a sense of frustration that he didn’t take advantage of a break point at 3-3 in the fourth set. That was nonsense, and I want to see how close I can get back to the top of the game.” I want to push and see how far I can go, because lots of people told me I wouldn't be able to play again. I'm now around 40-ish in the world and still going hard. In the last couple of weeks, I didn't win the matches against Cam and against Berrettini, but it was pretty close. “I want to be doing better, but I'm still right there. “I get reminded that ‘this is the first time you've made the third round here since 2016.’ It's been a difficult six years for me I'm really proud of that effort that I put in to get myself back into these positions. “I’m surprised I'm still able to compete with guys that are right up at the top of the game,” said Murray after this 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 reverse.
But despite his four-set defeat – which occupied the best part of four hours – Murray insisted that he is still improving all the time, and expressed pride that he was able to push last year’s Wimbledon finalist so close. Andy Murray’s mini-revival came to an end at the hands of Matteo Berrettini, a statuesque Italian who owns one of the most intimidating serve/forehand combinations in the game.
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