ATP Basel: Etcheverry beats Murray after a great fight
After more than three hours of play , Tomas Martin Etcheverry defeated three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray in three sets in an intense and exciting round of 16 at the ATP 500 tournament in Basel.
by Dietmar Kaspar
last edit: Oct 25, 2023, 11:34 pm
Before the round of 16 encounter at the ATP 500 tournament in Basel, the opponent of the former world number one Andy Murray was out for revenge, after all the Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry lost the only encounter so far against him at the Masters tournament in Indian Wells in the spring despite leading the set Scots.
Etcheverry was in the game from the start, was able to get his opponent's serve in the first game and then confirmed the break with his own service. Murray fought his way back into the first set by winning three games in a row. With no further break chances, we went into the tiebreak, in which Murray secured the win of the first round with a volley stop with the score at 6:5 with the first set point.
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Long and intense baseline rallies continued in the second half, with Murray occasionally trying to find his way to the net when the opportunity arose. In the fourth game, Etcheverry managed the break with the first opportunity in the set, which he was able to extend to a 4-1 lead. The decisive factor in this set was the seventh game, which went over a total of seven times and in which Murray was unable to take advantage of a total of four break opportunities. With only one point lost, the 24-year-old Etcheverry served confidently to tie the set at 5:3.
The full intensity of the match was evident in the first game of the third act. Etcheverry won three running balls, all of which Murray fended off spectacularly. Nevertheless, the world number 32 was able to. from Argentina secured the break with two point wins in a row. The 36-year-old Murray never gave up, but had to give up his service again. After 3:07 hours, Etcheverry won 6:7 (5), 6:3, 6:2.
In the quarterfinals, Etcheverry will face the winner of the encounter Sebastian Baez from Argentina against the top seeded Dane Holger Rune, who will be coached by Boris Becker for the first time at this tournament.
Here is the individual tableau from Basel