Swiss Indoors: Andy Murray battles back to defeat qualifier Roman Safiullin in Basel

Andy Murray feared helium mightiness person to discontinue due to the fact that of a hep wounded successful 2019

Britain's Andy Murray battled backmost from a acceptable down arsenic helium overcame qualifier Roman Safiullin successful an entertaining opening circular lucifer astatine the Swiss Indoors successful Basel.

But Murray closed retired the lucifer successful style, winning 5 successive games arsenic helium overturned a 4-1 shortage to bushed Russian Safiullin 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-4.

He volition play Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut oregon Serbia's Laslo Dere next.

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Currently ranked 49th successful the world, three-time Grand Slam victor Murray was primitively drawn against Sebastian Korda, who he mislaid to successful the Gijon quarter-finals earlier this month, but the American withdrew due to the fact that of injury.

The Scot produced an contiguous effect aft seeing his service breached successful the archetypal set, but satellite fig 93 Safiullin edged the opening acceptable successful a adjacent tie-break.

Murray past saw disconnected 5 interruption points arsenic helium avoided falling a interruption down aboriginal successful the 2nd set, earlier taking his 3rd accidental successful the sixth crippled connected his mode to levelling the match.

Unable to flight a 4th interruption constituent successful the 4th crippled of the decider, Murray was erstwhile again forced to travel from behind.

He did truthful successful emphatic fashion, punching the aerial aft clinching the 2nd of his 3 lucifer points.

In Vienna, compatriot Dan Evans progressed with a 6-4 7-6 (7-3) triumph against German Oscar Otte to acceptable up a second-round lucifer against Russian Karen Khachanov.

On the opening time successful Basel connected Monday, satellite fig 1 Carlos Alcaraz came backmost from a acceptable down to decision Britain's Jack Draper.

The Swiss Indoors, won a grounds 10 times by location subordinate Roger Federer, who announced his status successful September, is being held for the archetypal clip successful 3 years pursuing the coronavirus pandemic.

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