Murray defeated Davidovich in the most interesting match of the 1st round

The British Andy Murrayformer world number one, guest player in Gijon Open ATP 250 tennis, beat the Spanish on Tuesday Alexander Davidovich of two sets to nil in the first round of the final table of this tournament, which will be played at the Palacio de Deportes in the Asturian city until next Sunday.

Scottish Murray, winner of three Grand Slams and currently ranked 48th in the ATP rankings, used his amazing technical quality to compensate for the limitations imposed by his physical condition, to perform the match against finalist this year of the Montecarlo Masters 1,000.

Murray put the young Spaniard (31) out of the match by winning the first set, where Davidovich had two service breaks, the last at 5-7 in which he saved two set points.

In the second, the Malaga native was also unsuccessful in defending the serve, which he broke three times and avoided a match point with a score of 2-5, as well as two others before conceding the final 2-6.

Murray will face the winner of Wednesday’s match between Argentine Pedro Cachín and Russian Alexey Vatutin in the next round.

Later, Andy Murray said that the beginning of the match was “very difficult”, although he managed to stay close to his rival, who “played very well” although in the second set he was “disappointed” to lose the first.

The Scotsman, competing as a wildcard player, declared after winning 2-0 in the first round of the tournament’s final draw, that escaping the first set was “very difficult at first”.

“The opponent was playing very well and I was very short, so I was taking a lot of points. I was able to stay close to him in scoring; after 3-4 I started to see how I had to play points and in the second set he was frustrated because he lost the first one,” he explained.

In the Scotsman’s opinion, Davidovich “started the match very well” but considered that it is “difficult when you don’t know your opponent and you have never played against him”.

Regarding his next opponent, the Argentine Pedro Cachín or the Russian Alexey Vatutin, he commented that he had never played against either of them, nor had he trained with them; so he will see the game where they face each other this Wednesday to “understand” how he will face his next encounter.

Murray, winner of three Grand Slams and currently ranked 48th in the ATP rankings, responded that the key to his success on the indoor courts was because he grew up “playing on them”.

“I didn’t always like them, lately the tracks have been very slow and I don’t like that. The Gijon track is not fast, but it’s fine,” said Murray.