Andy Murray

ANDY MURRAY was two sets down against Matteo Berrettini when the match was suspended.

Murray eventually got the match back underway in what was a decisive moment of the match with Berrettini looking to break serve. Jim Courier said on commentary: "There's a bit of a disturbance in the crowd. He first asked the crowd to quieten down before it was clear a member of the crowd required medical assistance.

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And without a higher ranking, he has to leave his fate up to the luck of the draw. “That was nonsense,” he said, as he looked forward to playing in team competitions for Britain later in the year. He preaches a simple brand of tennis, pushing Murray to unleash his power and finish points when the opportunity presents itself instead of complicating matters with trickery and deception. I’m surprised I’m still able to compete with guys that are right up at the top of the game. In fact, Murray considers himself something of a lab rat in an experiment (though he has no idea when it will end). Just when Murray seems on the cusp of the breakthrough he has sought long after many players with his résumé would have packed it in, some young buck like Berrettini gets on him, often in the early rounds of a tournament. Murray was unseeded, has just one full human hip, and despite a desperate desire to reach the top 30 ahead of the U.S. Not that it matters, but Berrettini said they were all even at 5-5 and played a tiebreaker, which he won, because other players had reserved the court and were waiting. “I feel like it’s not that easy for guys to hit winners past me, and I’m defending in the corners much better than I was 12 months ago here.” Stories like this are possible because of our deep commitment to original reporting, produced by a global staff of over 1,700 journalists who have all dedicated themselves to helping you understand the world. [first man from Britain](https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/sports/tennis/us-open-tennis-andy-murray-beats-novak-djokovic-to-win-title.html) to win a Grand Slam singles championship since Fred Perry in 1936. Like Serena Williams, Andy Murray, finally healthy and fit, has given glimpses of yesteryear at the U.S.

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A netted volley from the Brit handed his opponent a double break point, and he only needed one via another Murray unforced error. The pair traded breaks in the first two games of the fourth set, with Murray unable to take a chance for another break at 3-3. But Murray's first service percentage dropped below 40% during the set, and it seemed only a matter of time before Berrettini took advantage. He couldn't take it though, and although a mishit smash went his way when serving at 3-3, Berrettini fashioned another chance. He lost that on a tie-break, before finally closing things out by winning the fourth and taking a match that lasted almost four hours. Murray's two wins in New York had represented his best run at a Slam in 2022, and despite missing out on the last 16, will take heart from a battling display.

Murray threatened a comeback when he won the third set but he fell to a 6-4 6-4 6-7 (1) 6-4 defeat.

The comeback really appeared to be on when Murray broke the powerful Berrettini serve in the opening game of the fourth set but the Italian hit back straight away and another lapse from his opponent at 3-4 was the final nail. He dug in admirably at the start of the third, saving five break points in his first three service games, and a pumped up Murray yelled in delight when he withstood more pressure to hold for 6-5. Murray had talked positively about his fitness and movement after dropping just one set in his first two matches to make it through to the third round in New York for the first time since 2016.

Andy Murray suffered more grand slam frustration with a four-set loss to Matteo Berrettini in the third round of the US Open.

Can Murray lead the British charge into the fourth round this evening? Murray then responds with some excellent hitting to recover his position in the game and holds. Murray fights back though, scrambling well to track down a Berrettini forehand before the Italian nets. Another Murray drop shot...but this time it's just from a mis-hit smash. Murray is cutting a glum figure every time a first serve finds the net to begin this set. Berrettini misses an easy forehand off a net cord and we're back to deuce. That's one back thanks to a big serve and then another! A big ace follows though and Berrettini then holds. Then a forehand error from Berrettini and we're back to deuce. And now there's break points for Murray but Berrettini fights back with a big forehand. We're two Murray pointS from a fourth set. “I’m surprised I'm still able to compete with guys that are right up at the top of the game,” said Murray after this 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 reverse.

Andy Murray's run at the 2022 US Open came to an end on Friday with a defeat against Matteo Berrettini.

That was nonsense, and I want to see how close I can get back to the top of the game." You know, my rankings, I don't even know what I was at the beginning of the year, but I'm now around 40-ish in the world and still going hard. The two exchanged breaks at the start of the second but it was Berrettini's break in the ninth game- again with Murray losing break point with a double fault - that allowed the 2021 Wimbledon finalist to serve out. Murray broke Berrettini first up in the fourth, only for the Italian to break back in the next game. "Although it's the first time I've only made the third round here, I'm really proud of that effort that I put into, you know, to get myself back into these positions. But in the New York midday sun, it was Berrettini who secured the sole break of serve in the first set with Murray conceding it due to a double fault.

Murray, the 2012 champion, bowed out in four sets while Jack Draper was in charge against Karen Khachanov before injury struck.

The Italian turns the screw with two more winners (the first at the net, the second a crosscourt forehand) and Murray can’t return the next serve. Murray is made to work extremely hard in his attempt to hold the opening game of the set as Berrettini’s hitting retains that extra bite. Murray in trouble again as Berrettini wins two break points. He blasts two more aces (count now 13) to win game seven to 15 and it’s 3-3 in the third. Berrettini wins the first point on the Murray serve with his 38th winner of the match, a rocket of a forehand which has him playing to the crowd. Murray lost the first point of the tie-break on his own serve but then reeled off the next seven to win the third set 7-6 (1). Helped by his fastest serve of the match (126mph), Murray forces deuce but then shoots himself in the foot with a double fault to give Berrettini an eighth break point of the set. He’s had just two in the match and takes the third as Berrettini dumps his backhand into the net. Berrettini looks vulnerable when put under scoreboard pressure but Murray let him of the hook completely there. A quick stat check: Berrettini has hurled down 16 aces to Murray’s four and has 50 winners to the Scot’s 22. This time the Italian won’t be denied and a break to 15 leaves Berrettini serving for the match. He wins the next but Berrettini has him on the ropes again by forcing two more break points.

Andy Murray was beaten 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-3 by No 13 seed Matteo Berrettini in the third round of the US Open.

That was nonsense, and I want to see how close I can get back to the top of the game,” he said. It is only the second time he has reached the third round at a grand slam tournament since he was ranked No1 in 2017. Having contested the first third round of a grand slam for just the second time since he was ranked No 1, Murray departed Ashe with mixed feelings. He saved each break point, including a 0-40 hole at 5-5, and then he breezed through the third set tiebreak as Berrettini’s forehand faltered. He paired his punishing weapons, which pushed Murray far behind the baseline, with a constant stream of delicate forehand drop shots as he gradually established a two set lead. Both players arrived for their US Open third round still searching to rediscover their form, and in the end it was Berrettini who found it, withstanding a late surge from Murray.

Two-time champion Andy Murray has been eliminated from the US Open in the third round after losing to Matteo Berrettini 6-4 6-4 6-7(1) 6-3.

[US Open](https://www.tennis365.com/category/us-open/) I told myself next time I will try to be more brave and that’s what I tried to do in the fourth set.” I had my chance and I took them. That’s what I told myself when I played Gael [Monfils] a few years ago. [Tennis News](https://www.tennis365.com/category/tennis-news/) “What I tell myself all the time is it is normal to get tight. I had more chances. I double faulted on match point. I thought the same thing in the fourth set.

Murray threatened a comeback when he won the third set but he fell to a 6-4 6-4 6-7 (1) 6-4 defeat.

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An uplift in his serving saw him force the tiebreak and when it came the Italian's fearsome forehand transformed into a gift that kept giving. As so often happens, the miss of an opportunity can have the opposite effect on players. The Scot's serve was contrastingly off colour early on, and he double faulted to cede the first break at 3-3. Murray had competed superbly and sprinted around the court like a gazelle. As Dan Evans remarked, you would be a brave man not to pick him in Glasgow, but he still cannot be guaranteed either a singles or a doubles slot. 'I'm just not quite capable of the sort of movement and physicality that I was five, six years ago.

ANDY MURRAY is up against Matteo Berrettini in the third round of the US Open.