On January 20, Beijing time, the second round of the Australian Open men's singles, Murray, the runner-up winner of the 5th Australian Open men's singles, and the Japanese qualifier Daniel Taro clashed. In the first two sets, Murray lost 4-6 in two sets. In the third set, Murray was reversed by his opponent in the advantage of taking the lead in breaking. The big score was 0-3, the big cold, the 5th Australian Open men's singles runner-up was eliminated by the Japanese qualifiers, which was lamentable!
Murray, once one of the "Big Four", was able to match Federer, Nadal and Djokovic and reached the Australian Open men's singles final five times. After that, Murray suffered various injuries and had a bumpy career. Murray confessed: 3 years ago, I thought I would retire after the Australian Open! But now, Murray is back on the field and back on the Australian Open stage, and in the first round of this Australian Open, Murray experienced a five-set battle, narrowly defeated the 21st seed Georgian Bashirashvili 3-2, and advanced to the second round of the Australian Open for the 11th time in his career. In this round, Murray met the qualifier Japan player Daniel Taro.
In the first set, Daniel Taro 6-4 went first. In the second set, Murray was again the first to break the opponent, the set score was 1-3 behind, Daniel Taro maintained the advantage to the end, 6-4, Japan qualified dark horse next city! In the third set, Murray took the lead in breaking, the set score 2-0 to establish an advantage, unfortunately, Murray was immediately completed by Daniel Taro to complete the break, Daniel Taro saved his own serve, the innings scored 2-2, Murray's opening advantage was suddenly gone. Each side held one set, and the innings came to a 3-3 draw.
After several tiebreaks, Murray saved the seventh set. Daniel Taro easily saved the eighth inning. In the ninth inning, Murray suffered a fatal break. Daniel Taro won the tenth set and again won the third set 6-4 to sweep Murray 3-0 to advance to the men's singles round of 32.