Former world number one and Grand Slam winner Murray, although he is a player outside the world ranking hundred, as long as he participates, the tour will award him a wild card. He didn't have to start with the qualifiers and try to get back to his peak.
However, since the US Open, Murray has repeatedly backfired, winning two consecutive victories at most, and a round of travel is more common. Even after he lost to Zverev for the first time (H2H refreshed to 2:1), fragmented and complained, and Twitter also wrote F so-and-so. Maybe it was too direct, but it shows how strongly he longed for victory.
Because Murray, as one of the former Big Four, warmed up many people, such as Zverev became the 11th player to unlock the feat of defeating the Big Four, Schwartzman, who had never met and was looking forward to, defeated Murray, and Rudd included the victory over Murray as an important victory in his career.
He posted the picture, and the big finger fell down, indicating that he was too unlucky to laugh at himself. His first-round opponent in Vienna was Hulkach, the Pole, the Miami Masters champion, who had met Murray twice in the first two times, both of which ended in victory. This time they will meet for the third time, and Murray has to say that it is too unlucky.
Look at how hard it was to sign his comeback, here's how hard it is:
Rotterdam Second Round: 5-7, 2-6 Rublev (NO.8)
Queen's Cup Second Round: 3-6, 3-6 Berrettini (NO.9)
Wimbledon Third Round: 4-6, 2-6, 2-6 Shapovalov (NO.12)
Cincinnati Second Round: 6-7 (4), 3-6 Hulkach (NO.13)
Winston Salem Second Round: 6-7 (4), 3-6 Tiafo (NO.51)
US Open Round 1: 6-2, 6-7 (7), 6-3, 3-6, 4-6 Tsitsipas (NO.3)
Metz 1/4 Finals: 6-7 (4), 3-6 Hulkach (NO.13)
San Diego Second Round: 5-7, 4-6 Rudd (NO.10)
Indian Wells Third Round: 4-6, 6-7 (4) Zverev (NO.4)
Antwerp Second Round: 4-6, 6-7 (6) Schwartzmann (NO.14)
Obviously, Murray has not become a sign bomb, repeatedly suffered defeats, 9 of the ten defeats are lost to the top 14 players, the proud goal of returning to the world's top ten Murray is getting farther and farther away from this goal, so he was shelled by the famous Wieland and did not deserve to take a wild card, not unreasonable. Murray will need to fight to win with high-ranked seeds in almost every leg before he has a chance to move on.
Fortunately, although late, Murray and Hulkach fought fiercely in three sets, and finally defeated Hulkach 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3, which was his third game against the Poles in more than two months, and the first time since he defeated Zverev in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters in August 2020, which was also the 103rd victory of his career against TOP.10.
After the game, Murray was very excited, saying that it was a good game, everyone had a chance, fortunately, he found the opportunity to break, so he took control of the game and finally achieved a difficult victory.
I don't know if this game is for him to open up, but the next game will see how he is in shape. As long as he can continue to play steadily and go to a deeper round, he can fight back against all the public opinion that questions him and bombards him, which is his biggest victory.
Come on, sir! (Source: Tennis House Author: Stray Rabbit)
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