Flat Andy Murray suffers disappointing first-round exit at hands of Tomas Martin Etcheverry at Australian Open

[Summarize this content to 500 words Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Andy Murray 6-4 6-2 6-2 in the first round of the Australian Open. Etcheverry hit 38 winners to Murray’s 21, while the Brit contributed 37 unforced errors to his opponent’s 19 as the 24-year-old produced a mix of exquisite drop shots and perfectly-placed lobs to discombobulate an out-of-sorts Murray. Etcheverry came out on top in a topsy-turvy first set before a clinical showing in the second put the Argentine in firm control. And there was to be no repeat of Murray’s second-round heroics from 2023, where he fought back from two sets down to beat Thanasi Kokkinakis, as the 30th seed saw it out to match his best showing at Melbourne Park, having also made the second round in 2023. “It was an incredible match for me,” said Etcheverry on court.”It’s very tough to play against a legend like Andy, he’s one of my idols. We played twice last year, a long…

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