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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Matt Majendie

Andy Murray beats Nikoloz Basilashvili in five-set Australian Open marathon and targets ‘deep run’

Three years after Andy Murray’s ‘retirement’ video played out on the big screen at the Australian Open, the Briton showed he still has a future after knocking out No21 seed Nikoloz Basilashvili.

As it had against Roberto Bautista Agut in 2019, the match went the full five sets. But this time Murray merely looked exhausted at the end of another marathon encounter rather than physically broken.

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