Andy Murray suffered a second-round loss to Andrey Rublev in a hard-fought encounter at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Friday night.
Looking for just his second victory over a top-five opponent since 2016 and buoyed by an impressive performance in the opening round against David Goffin, Murray matched fifth seed Rublev for most of the contest. But he was unable to take four set points in the opener and succumbed to a 7-6 6-1 loss in the Californian desert.
'The respect and memories he had of Murray were Murray's undoing because he took absolutely nothing for granted and was ready to go after it. 'When you know you just have produce a good level and go after it almost takes the pressure off. It gives you that one option, which was almost the same for Murray. 'He looked to play aggressively and he knew he needed to play well. There were moments with those six break points in the first set.
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