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Andy Murray battled backmost from 6-3 down successful the deciding tie-break to bushed Jack Draper| Venue: P&J Arena, Aberdeen Dates: Wednesday 21 December - Thursday 22 December |
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Andy Murray rolled backmost the years, beating England's Jack Draper connected a deciding tie-break, to permission the Battle of the Brits level connected time one.
The 35-year-old claimed a 6-2 1-6 12-10 triumph for Team Scotland successful Aberdeen aft England's Dan Evans had won the opening rubber.
Draper, 20, took the momentum into the 10-point necktie interruption but Murray turned the tide with immoderate trademark hustle.
"While I americium inactive capable to bash it this is what it is each about," helium said.
"Will to win, warring for each point, chasing each shot down. It was portion luck, portion skill.
"A fewer shots came disconnected and it was an unbelievable ending. I've not played galore tie-breaks similar that before."
Murray channelled the fervent location enactment to interruption 3 times successful the opening set, claiming it via a 2nd acceptable constituent connected the Draper serve.
The Englishman responded strongly, breaking Murray 3 times to instrumentality the 2nd set, showing the signifier that took him to this year's Next Gen Finals for the champion young players connected the ATP Tour.
In the deciding tie-break helium opened a 6-3 pb earlier Murray whipped up the assemblage aft reaching a shot retired wide to unit a backhand victor down the line.
The Scot surfed that question of enactment to level and yet claimed triumph connected a 3rd lucifer constituent with a stunning forehand winner.
'We person a batch to convey Jamie Murray for' - Evans
Evans, 32, had enactment the English squad successful the driving seat, taking the opening rubber with a 6-4 6-2 triumph implicit Scotland's 373rd-ranked McHugh.
The satellite fig 27 repeated the two-set triumph helium enjoyed successful his lone erstwhile gathering against the 22-year-old Glaswegian astatine the inaugural Battle of the Brits tourney successful 2020.
Evans thanked tourney manager Jamie Murray for mounting up the lawsuit - the Scot staged the archetypal 2 Battle of the Brits meetings during lockdown, without spectators, astatine a clip erstwhile the regular tennis tours had been halted.
"We person a batch to convey him [Jamie Murray] for," said the Birmingham-born player. "He truly looked aft america backmost during Covid.
"I had a large accidental to travel and bash it successful beforehand of the nationalist and it wasn't adjacent a prime really.
"All the players were ever going to come. He has done an astonishing occupation fundamentally selling this spot retired truthful acknowledgment truthful overmuch to Jamie. It's an astonishing lawsuit and I look guardant to playing successful galore more."
Evans has 1 much singles lucifer to play, against Andy Murray, successful the day league connected Thursday.
The Battle of the Brits - betwixt Team Scotland and Team England - involves 4 men's singles and 2 men's doubles matches dispersed implicit 2 days, from Wednesday to Thursday, 21-22 December.
As good arsenic playing Evans, Andy Murray is owed to spouse member Jamie successful a doubles match, potentially for the last clip successful their careers, to adjacent the tourney connected Thursday evening.
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