'It is a target I set myself' - Andy Murray delighted to bring up 700th career win with victory over Taro Daniel

Andy Murray feels he has more to achieve in tennis after reaching the milestone of 700 career wins with victory over Taro Daniel in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open. The Scot, as has been typical of him on many occasions, made hard work of the victory as Daniel put him to the sword early in the contest. Ad/> But he dug in against a player who toppled him in the second round of the Australian Open to claim a 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory.

ATP Indian WellsMurray defeats Daniel to claim landmark 700th win2 HOURS AGO The win was Murray’s 700th as a professional, albeit he sits well adrift of the big three of Roger Federer (1251), Rafael Nadal (1043) and Novak Djokovic (991). Injuries have hit Murray hard in recent years, but he is back competing at a high level and says he has more to achieve at the age of 34. “I did well to fight back in that one,” Murray said.

“Taro is playing really well. “It is a target I set myself at the end of last year. Happy to achieve it.

There are not many guys who have managed to do that. “With everything that has gone on in the past few years, I could have been well beyond 700 but I kept fighting and got there and now have got to try and reach another target, another milestone. But this is a good one.” We have to help people — Swiatek It's hard to find any weakness in him — Evert hails Medvedev With Djokovic absent due to not being vaccinated against coronavirus, Murray’s section of the draw has opened up in Indian Wells but he is not looking further than Alexander Bublik.