(ANSA) – ROME, MARCH 12 – Former world number 1 Andy Murray, who has been struggling with injuries for years, has reached the second round of the Indian Wells Masters 1000 tournament thanks to his career victory # 700. The Scotsman, 34 years old and number 88 in the world, is still far from his former level, when he went on to win three Grand Slam tournaments (two Wimbledon and one US Open). A serious hip injury, suffered in 2017, forced him to undergo two surgeries.
The 700th victory came with a painful 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 at the expense of the Japanese Taro Daniel. “Reaching that number is a very, very big milestone. It wasn’t easy,” Murray commented, recalling having reached the milestone of 600 wins in 2016: “Five and a half years to win another hundred, it took a while. time”.
In the club of those who can boast at least 700 matches won as a professional Murray reaches three giants of world tennis, even if he remains far from their respective records: Roger Federer (1,251), Rafael Nadal (1,043) and Novak Djokovic (991). In Indian Wells in the next round Murray will face the Kazakh Alexander Bublik (seeded No.31). (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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