Miami Open: Murray beats Berrettini to reach second round

Andy Murray became the third active player to tally 30 match wins at the Miami Open presented by Itau on Wednesday when he advanced to the second round of the ATP Masters 1000 event.

The 36-year-old rallied past an ailing Matteo Berrettini 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a two-hour, 48-minute battle inside Hard Rock Stadium. Murray produced superb court coverage and held the advantage in lengthy baseline rallies, committing just 20 unforced errors to his opponent’s 44, to earn his fourth consecutive first-round win.

“It was obviously a great win for me,” said Murray, who wrote, ‘Life in the old dog yet :)’ on the camera lens. “I started off a little bit slow, but I do think I played pretty well from the middle of the first set until the end of the match. I created a lot of opportunities and he was struggling for a little bit at the end of the second and beginning of the third. I capitalised on that and got off to a quick start in the third. I served it out well in the end.”

Next up for Murray is Tomas Martin Etcheverry, who beat him in straight sets at the Australian Open. The Argentine has won two of their three encounters.

A two-time Miami champion (2009, 2013), Murray joins Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in the 30 wins club in Miami. The Serbian boasts 44 wins in south Florida, where Nadal has 40.