"I can still do some damage" - Murray to keep playing
ATP
Andy Murray finally got his moment to shine at this year's Australian Open, reaching the third round and beating some big players.
Murray won some major matches and finally showed everybody that he could still do some damage; however, it took him nearly nine hours to do so. It was mostly because the players he played were good, and they also played well.
First, he bested the 13th-seeded Matteo Berrettini in a five-set battle that lasted nearly five hours. The British player won the match 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7(7), 7-6(6).
While that might have looked like a marathon, the real marathon came in his second-round match against Thanasi Kokkinakis. Murray was losing that match, as his opponent had a two-set and one-break lead in the third set.
Still, the former ATP World No. 1 was able to battle through in almost six hours of play, beating Kokkinakis 4-6, 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-3, 7-5, to reach the third round of the tournament.
In the third round, he lost to Roberto Bautista Agut 1-6, 7-6(7), 3-6, 4-6, but still, there were many positives that he saw after his loss at the 2023 Australian Open.
"I can have a deeper run than the third round of a Slam, there's no question about that. Obviously draws can open up for you. I need to also help myself with that."
"If I was playing at this level last year, I probably wouldn't be ranked 50, 60 in the world. It's up to me to try and change that."
Murray plans to continue playing and giving himself chances to be great because his career could end anytime. He doesn't know when it will all end, but he wants to keep on going for as long as he can do some damage.
"You never know exactly when the end is going to be. I would like to go out playing tennis like this, where I'm competing with the best players in the world in the biggest events and doing myself justice."
