Andy Murray produces vintage comeback to beat Lorenzo Sonego at Qatar Open in first appearance since Australian Open

Andy Murray pulled off a trademark comeback victory to beat Lorenzo Sonego in the first round of the Qatar Open, the Brit's first appearance since the Australian Open. The 35-year-old wild card won 4-6 6-1 7-6(4) to set up a last 16 clash with fourth seed Alexander Zverev of Germany, who was given a bye through the first round at the ATP 250 event.

Ad Murray was competing for the first time since his jaw-dropping run in Melbourne, where he overcame Matteo Berrettini and Thanasi Kokkinakis in five sets before eventually losing in four to Roberto Bautista Agut. Wimbledon‘A force to be reckoned with at Wimbledon’ – Puig backing Murray for summer resurgence14/02/2023 AT 10:09 He had to battle back from a set down to clinch victory over 27-year-old Sonego, showing typical grit to get across the line despite hitting one ace to his opponent's eight and 20 winners to his opponent’s 34, with the Italian’s unforced error count of 26 ultimately costing him dearly.

Two-time Doha champion Murray faces Zverev next in a field that also includes the likes of Andrey Rublev, Dan Evans, Daniil Medvedev and Felix Auger-Aliassime. Murray got off to a disastrous start, losing his opening three points on serve before handing Sonego an early break with a double fault.

‘A force to be reckoned with at Wimbledon’ – Puig backing Murray for summer resurgence Raducanu handed wild card for Indian Wells, Murray and Norrie in singles draw The Italian consolidated by holding with his first ace of the match, before Murray showed a good response by producing a love hold in his following service game. The Scot could not find a way back into the set though, as it stayed on serve and Sonego denied him even a single break point on his way to clinching it 6-4