In the early morning of March 12, Beijing time, the first round of the ATP1000 Indian Wells Masters began to compete, and Murray, who participated with a wild card, met with Japan's Daniel Taro. The two sides have met three times before, with Murray winning 2-1, including two encounters this season, winning one each. Today's match Murray reversed after losing the first set, knocking out his opponent 2-1.
In the first two sets of the first set, both sides saved their own serves, in the third set Daniel Taro defused two consecutive break points to save, and in the fourth set Murray lost four consecutive points to send the starting set. In the 6th set, Murray conceded four consecutive points on the serve and Daniel Taro came to win the set 5-1. In the 7th set, Daniel Taro saved his serve easily and won the first set 6-1.
Murray saved the start in the second set and Murray broke in the second set on the opponent's serve. In the 4th set, Murray broke the opponent's serve again to take a 4-0 lead. Murray was broken in the 7th set to win the set, but then he broke Daniel Taro's serve with four consecutive runs in the 8th set to win the second set 6-2.
Murray was broken as soon as he came up in the decider, and Daniel Taro saved his serve to take a 2-0 lead. In the 6th inning, Murray broke through the opposing serve and divided the set until 3-3. In the 9th set, Murray saved the break point in the key set, and in the 10th set, Daniel Taro was broken in a set with no way back, and Murray won the decider 6-4.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 58 minutes, Murray, who played with a wild card, defeated the world's 106th-ranked Daniel Taro in a 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 reversal to make it to the second round. The match was a milestone for Murray, his 700th singles win on the Tour, and he became the fourth active player to achieve the milestone after Federer, Nadal and Djokovic.