Murray finished the Australian Open in the second round

Andy Murray bids farewell to the Australian Open after losing 0:3 in sets. He was outplayed by Japanese player Daniel Taro. The whole match lasted less than three hours.

The Briton lost his serve in the third game of the first set. Although he soon regained the lost serve and leveled at 3::3, but in the very next game his serve was broken again by Taro and he did not let this lead be taken away and celebrated winning the first set.

The second set followed the opening of the previous one. The third game on Murray’s serve was again recorded by his Japanese opponent. Taro confirmed his serve and did not give Murray a break point. The second set also ended in favour of the current 120th ATP player.

The Briton set himself up for drama and didn’t give up. He used his second break point in the second game to take a 2-1 lead. But Taro took the tricky game three again. In the next game Murray didn’t use his breakball and the third set was still tied at 4: 4.

Here the Japanese took his opponent’s fifth serve of the match and moments later he ended the match again at 6: 4. With this victory, Taro can look forward to peeking into at least the third round of the main draw for the first time in his career.

Murray , in his interview, dismissed speculation that fatigue from the previous four-hour match could have been behind the loss, saying that he felt physically fine. Taro was understandably beaming with happiness after the match, although he admitted that he got nervous during the third set.

In terms of numbers, the main cause was undoubtedly the number of unforced errors, with the Briton producing a total of 49 and Taro only 21 during the second round of the Australian Open.

Thus, the Japanese qualifier moves on and in the third round he will face Italian Jannik Sinner, who will be the undisputed favourite in the upcoming match.

The young 20-year-old Italian is currently the tenth player in the ATP rankings. The right-handed Sinner is the youngest member in the company of the top 10 tennis players as of the current date. The Japan-Italy duel is scheduled for January 22 at 1:00 pm our time.

Source: BBC