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Murray beats No 21 seed 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 6-7, (5-7), 6-4‘It has been a tough three or four years to get back here’As a new day of first round matches began at the Australian Open on Tuesday morning, the big screen situated at Garden Square in the shadow of Rod Laver Arena had transported back three years to around the same time in 2019.The subject was Andy Murray’s last appearance on these shores, starting with his tearful press conference as he announced that retirement could be imminent, before he somehow defied his crumbling hip to battle with a top 25 player, Roberto Bautista Agut, for over four hours on the Melbourne Arena. The last time he was seen at the Australian Open, he was being shown a video of his peers wishing him well in the next chapter of his life. Continue reading...