Indian Wells: Andy Murray beats Tomas Etcheverry to reach second round

Murray volition play Spain's satellite fig 17 Pablo Carreno Busta successful the 2nd round

Andy Murray won a deciding acceptable for the seventh clip this play to scope the 2nd circular astatine Indian Wells.

Murray had nary less than 20 interruption points, 16 of which were saved by the 23-year-old Argentine.

"I truly felt similar I was successful the driving spot for overmuch of the match," Murray told BBC Sport.

"I was creating tons of opportunities but I conscionable wasn't capable to capitalise. I made immoderate mediocre decisions astatine times, but successful the extremity did truly good to get done that."

Etcheverry was the sharper antheral successful a archetypal acceptable tie-break, which helium won 7-5, and had a interruption constituent for a 2-1 pb successful the second.

But Murray saved that interruption constituent earlier moving distant with the 2nd set.

Both players had chances successful the deciding set. Etcheverry had 2 interruption points astatine 4-3 but Murray saved them with immoderate good serving, past secured the decisive interruption successful the adjacent crippled arsenic the Argentine treble faulted.

"I'm not going to support winning each three-set lucifer that I play, but it's been an astonishing commencement to the year," Murray continued.

"It was inactive a bully effort to crook that astir arsenic the archetypal acceptable was highly agelong and I was reasoning 'here we spell again'.

"This is simply a spot wherever I haven't ever played my champion tennis truthful I was truly blessed that I managed to crook that around."

Murray volition play Spain's satellite fig 17 Pablo Carreno Busta successful the 2nd circular connected Saturday.

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