{"id":4925,"date":"2023-01-21T13:13:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T13:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/australian-open-2023-andy-murray-loses-to-roberto-bautista-agut-dan-evans-beaten-by-andrey-rublev\/"},"modified":"2023-01-21T13:13:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T13:13:31","slug":"australian-open-2023-andy-murray-loses-to-roberto-bautista-agut-dan-evans-beaten-by-andrey-rublev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/australian-open-2023-andy-murray-loses-to-roberto-bautista-agut-dan-evans-beaten-by-andrey-rublev\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open 2023: Andy Murray loses to Roberto Bautista Agut, Dan Evans beaten by Andrey Rublev"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Andy Murray was aiming to reach the fourth round at a major for the first time since 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/thead>\n\n\n\n
Venue: <\/strong>Melbourne Park <\/span>Dates:<\/strong> 16-29 January<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coverage: <\/strong>Commentary every day from 07:00 GMT on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra ‘Tennis Breakfast’ live from Melbourne, with selected live text commentaries and match reports on the BBC Sport website & app<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Andy Murray is out of the Australian Open after eventually losing to Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut in a valiant display where he struggled to move.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Former world number one Murray finished his second-round match at 4am on Friday and, returning to court 39 hours later, was beaten 6-1 6-7 (7-9) 6-3 6-4.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The 35-year-old Scot, who had career-threatening hip surgery in 2019, was the last Briton to fall in the singles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier on Saturday, Dan Evans lost 6-4 6-2 6-3 to fifth seed Andrey Rublev.<\/span><\/p>\n

Murray left everything out on the court before succumbing to the man who famously beat him at the 2019 Australian Open in what the three-time Grand Slam champion feared would be the final match of his career.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two weeks later, Murray had the hip resurfacing surgery he thought he would not be able to return from – but four years on he was back in Melbourne aiming to reach the fourth round at a major for the first time since Wimbledon in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Playing Andy in a Slam is always very tough, he knows the game very well,” said 34-year-old Bautista Agut.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I am very happy how I managed all the nerves and the tension during the match. I played good tennis and I’m happy with the win.”<\/span><\/p>\n

A excited celebration from the mild-mannered Bautista Agut signalled how deep he had to dig to see off the gallant Murray, who received a rapturous standing ovation when he trudged off court.<\/span><\/p>\n

A step too far even for Murray <\/h3>\n

Ever since Murray beat Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis in a five-set thriller that ended at a time he described as <\/span>a “farce”,<\/span><\/a> the question was: how would he recover physically against 24th seed Bautista Agut?<\/span><\/p>\n

Murray, ranked 66th in the world, needed five hours and 45 minutes to beat Kokkinakis in the longest match of his eventful career.<\/span><\/p>\n

That was already an extraordinary effort – particularly for an ageing player with a lump of metal in his hip – after needing nearly five hours to beat Italian 13th seed Matteo Berrettini in the opening round.<\/span><\/p>\n

The signs were not good from the start.<\/span><\/p>\n

Regularly wincing after points, and walking gingerly between them, the five-time finalist looked to be in pain as Bautista Agut wrapped up the opening set in just 29 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the Spaniard, a consistent counter-puncher, moved a break up in the second set it looked like it would be a short night.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Murray, as he has so often in the past, refused to accept he was beaten.<\/span><\/p>\n

The British number four started moving a little more freely, at least during the points, and fought back to take the set into a tie-break.<\/span><\/p>\n

There, he again needed his fighting spirit. Murray trailed 5-2 but, with the support of the crowd behind him, recovered and levelled the match with his second set point.<\/span><\/p>\n

A tight third set – where Murray continued to produce some stunning shots but bent over in pain between points – stayed on serve until he finally buckled to help Bautista Agut break in the eighth game.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite struggling to even serve, Murray broke for a 2-0 lead in the fourth set but Bautista Agut remained patient and broke for 5-4 before serving out the match.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bautista Agut, who was a quarter-finalist in 2019, will play American Tommy Paul in the last 16. <\/span><\/p>\n

Evans outpowered by Rublev after sharing banana<\/h3>\n
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Dan Evans was aiming to replicate his career-best run to the fourth round of the Australian Open in 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Evans, seeded 25th, was outpowered by Rublev, who hit 60 winners to 22 unforced errors in a strong display.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Russian will face Danish teenager and ninth seed Holger Rune as he bids to reach the Melbourne quarter-finals for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Andrey was too good. He played some good tennis,” said the 32-year-old Englishman.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I didn’t feel I did too much wrong. I had a little chance in the first when I had break point, but I didn’t take it.<\/span><\/p>\n

“He was very aggressive and better than me.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Evans had won three of his six previous meetings with the 25-year-old Russian, but all of those were three-set matches.<\/span><\/p>\n

The British number two, who reached the fourth round in Melbourne in 2017, started well against Rublev, creating a break opportunity for a 4-3 lead in the first set.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Rublev saved it and broke to close out the set, before upping his aggression to win the next two sets in solid style.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m not stupid, I know it’s three out of five and a very different match to two out of three,” said Evans.<\/span><\/p>\n

“That also gave me a lot of confidence that he’d have to win three. Obviously it didn’t work out that way.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Rublev thanked Evans after the match for giving him a banana during a changeover.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I asked the ball boy, but Danny asked for bananas earlier and he had two so he just said ‘take it’, and I caught it,” Rublev said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“He helped me with some energy, for sure. I had extra because I ate the banana.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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