Andy Murray of Great Britain celebrates a point over Brandon Nakashima of the United States during Day 5 of the Mubadala Citi DC Open at Rock Creek Tennis Center on August 02, 2023 in Washington, DC. Photo: AFP
His vintage performance made it worth it.
Cheered loudly and vociferously by the crowd at stadium court, the three-time Grand Slam champion and former top-ranked men’s player rallied to win the first-set tiebreak and beat American Brandon Nakashima 7-6(5), 6-4. It’s his first win in Washington since 2018, a low point of Murray’s career when fatigue caused him to withdraw and he didn’t want to play tennis anymore.
The British star has no such issues now and showed clearly that at 36 he’s still got it.
“It’s nice to be back and not having any of those issues and being pain-free and still competing at a high level,” Murray “It’s been a long journey these…