Andy Murray showed glimpses of his best tennis combined with some impressive resolve as he beat No1 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets at the Stuttgart Open.
Murray had to fight hard during a first set in which the Greek served immaculately, and the Scot edged the tie-break. The loss of the first set seemed to knock Tsitsipas off his stride and his first serve percentage fell away in the second, as Murray won the first break of the match with some sublime touches around the net to lead 5-2. Tsitsipas saved two match points on his own serve but couldn’t repeat the trick in the next game as Murray closed out the match with a powerful forehand down the line, winning 7-6 (4), 6-3.
