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This is how Vavassori closed the meeting
2º Set Andy Murray (2-6 6-7) Andrea Vavassori
Andrea Vavassori has won in the tie break in his fifth match ball and advances to the next round;
2º Set Andy Murray (2-6 6-6) Andrea Vavassori
The Italian wins with the service and the second set will be decided in the tie break;
2º Set Andy Murray (2-6 6-5) Andrea Vavassori
Murray wins with the service and ensures in this second at least the tie break
2º Set Andy Murray (2-6 5-5) Andrea Vavassori
Easy way to play for Vavassori
2º Set Andy Murray (2-6 5-4) Andrea Vavassori
The Scottish-born tennis player takes the ninth game of this second set and if he wins with the rest he will win the second set.
2º Set Andy Murray (2-6 4-4) Andrea Vavassori
Breaks Andy Murray's serve for the first time on his first break ball
2º Set Andy Murray (2-6 3-4) Andrea Vavassori
Second consecutive service game for the British tennis player;
2º Set Andy Murray (2-6 2-4) Andrea Vavassori
The former world number 1 started winning the first point of the game, but the Italian took the game.
2º Set Andy Murray (2-6 2-3) Andrea Vavassori
Andy Murray's game in white that culminates with a direct serve
2º Set Andy Murray (2-6 1-3) Andrea Vavassori
Vavassori confirms the advantage after winning with the service
2º Set Andy Murray (2-6 1-2) Andrea Vavassori
Blank game of the Italian tennis player with the rest that breaks the serve
2º Set Andy Murray (2-6 1-1) Andrea Vavassori
Vavassori starts the second set with his service game in white;
2º Set Andy Murray (2-6 1-0) Andrea Vavassori
Andy Murray starts the second set winning on serve
Andrea Vavassori takes the first set
The Italian tennis player has closed the first set in just 35 minutes.
1º Set Andy Murray (2-6) Andrea Vavassori
Andrea Vavassori closed the first set with a blank game.
1º Set Andy Murray (2-5) Andrea Vavassori
Second game for Murray, although now he will have to win the rest to prevent Vavassori from closing the first set.
1º Set Andy Murray (1-5) Andrea Vavassori
Easy game for the Italian who is only one game away from closing the first set.
1º Set Andy Murray (1-4) Andrea Vavassori
Andy Murray saves a break ball and manages to add his first game in this first set
This is how Andy Murray took to the court
1º Set Andy Murray (0-4) Andrea Vavassori
Blank game of the world number 164 that again confirms the break of service and has started the match flawless;
1º Set Andy Murray (0-3) Andrea Vavassori
Again Vavassori breaks serve and increases the lead on the scoreboard
1º Set Andy Murray (0-2) Andrea Vavassori
The Italian confirms the advantage by winning on serve
1º Set Andy Murray (0-1) Andrea Vavassori
The match starts with Andrea Vavassori breaking serve with a break of serve with a game in hand.
Andy Murray will start serving
In the draw that has been made, it has been decided that the former world No. 1 will start with the following draw
Watch out for this fact
Andy Murray has never lost in the first round of the Mutua Madrid Open
Final on the Manolo Santana court
The Spanish Paula Badosa has won after three sets against the Italian tennis player Cocciaretto. After this match, the next match on this court will be the match between Andy Murray and Andrea Vavassori.
Daniil Medvedev awaits in the second round
The Russian tennis player who is the second seed is directly qualified in the Mutua Madrid Open to the second round where he will face the winner of this duel between Murray and Vavassori
Andy Murray and his balance at the Mutua Madrid Open
The Scottish-born tennis player has won twice this tournament where he has a record of 29 wins and nine losses
Andrea Vavassori ground specialist
The 27-year-old Italian tennis player has won 18 times this season and all of them have been on clay courts.
Center court
Right now on the center court called Manolo Santana is being disputed between Paula Badosa and Elisabetta Cocciaretto. For now the first set has fallen on the side of the Spanish tennis player.
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Andy Murray and his confession
The Scottish-born tennis player has confessed that he tried to train his daughter Edie in tennis, but this has ended in failure as he himself has confirmed: She wrote a letter to his father in which he said: "Dear daddy, I will not play tennis for a while, much love, Edie". Murray, who could become a coach when he retires, has not started well in his possible future position, as "the first foray into the world of coaching has ended in disgrace". He also added that his 5-year-old daughter "has quit, telling me that I don't want to play anymore, you get too close to me.
How does Andrea Vavassori arrive?
The 27 year old Italian tennis player started the year falling in the qualifying round of the Australian Open, in the ATP of Có rdoba and in February he overcame the qualifying round, but was eliminated in the first round by the Argentine Pella. Then he played some Challengers, highlighting the one in Viña del Mar in Chile where he reached the semifinals. In April he disputed the ATP Marrakech in Morocco where he overcame the qualifying round and reached the quarterfinals. The last tournament he disputed was the Oeiras Challenger in Portugal where he lost in three sets against Ofner in the quarterfinals round. Already hereí in ATP of Madrid he has surpassed the preliminary phase beating the Finnish Virtanen and the Brazilian Meligne Alves.
How is Andy Murray coming along?
He started 2023 falling in the first round of the ATP Adelaide at the hands of Sebastian Korda, who reached the final of the tournament. In the Australian Open he played a good role winning the first two rounds in five sets and with comebacks included, however in the third round he was eliminated by the Spaniard Roberto Bautista. Then he closed the month of February playing the ATP of Doha where he reached the final, winning all the matches in three sets, but he could not win the tournament, as Daniil Medvedev won. After this tournament he resigned from the Dubai ATP in order to rest and arrive in the best way to the American tour. In Indian Wells he reached the round of 32 where he was knocked out by his compatriot Draper. While at the ATP Miami he fell in the first round after losing 4-6 and 5-7 against Lajovic. He was also eliminated in the first round in the most recent tournament he played, the ATP Monte Carlo where he was defeated in two sets by Alex de Miñaur. The Scottish-born player has now lost three times in a row;
Background
This will be the first ever meeting between Andy Murray and Andrea Vavassori. The Scottish-born tennis player had not faced an Italian opponent since February 20 in the round of 16 of the ATP Doha where he beat Lorenzo Sonego in three sets after coming from behind. While the last time Vavassori faced a British player was last April 7 in the quarterfinals of the ATP Marrakech in Morocco where he lost in two sets against Evans;
The stadium
The match will be played at the Manolo Santana center court, located in the city of Madrid and inaugurated on May 8, 2009, with a capacity for 12,442 spectators.
Preview of the match
Andy Murray and Andrea Vavassori meet in the first round of ATP Madrid
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