Laver Cup: Andy Murray beaten by Alex de Minaur as Team World get first point on board after gruelling tie

Alex de Minaur fought back to beat Andy Murray in a gruelling match to give Team World their first win at the 2022 Laver Cup. It was a tense affair throughout with De Minaur winning 5-7 6-3 10-7, which means Team Europe’s lead has been cut to 2-1 in the overall standings. Ad All of the wins on Day 1 of the Laver Cup are worth one point, which increases to two points on Day 2, and three points on Day 3.

Laver CupWatch as Djokovic gives Murray passionate coaching clinic during matchAN HOUR AGO De Minaur came flying out of the blocks to break Murray in the first game, using the pace of his court to push the three-time Grand Slam champion back in the baseline battle. During the second change of ends, at 2-1 down, Murray received advice from Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer to take less risks which appeared to settle him. He began to turn thing around and won three games in a row, including a break, to go 4-3 up.

There was little to separate both players as the tension increased amid several long games, but the key moment came at 6-5 after Murray received some coaching from Novak Djokovic. De Minaur was serving for the set but couldn’t get over the line as the score was locked at deuce for over 10 minutes. The game see-sawed both ways before a double fault from De Minaur made the difference to hand Murray a set which lasted 80 minutes.