Murray seals milestone 700th tour-level win at Indian Wells

Andy Murray claimed a milestone 700th career match win at Indian Wells on Friday after battling back to defeat Japan's Taro Daniel in their third meeting of the year.

The three-time Grand Slam winner, who has announced he will begin working with Ivan Lendl for a third time in the lead-up to Wimbledon, turned the tide after losing the first set to come through 1-6 6-2 6-4 in the first round.

Murray's major career milestone is a feat already achieved by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

Daniel has a liking to the surface in the California desert having shocked former world No 1 Novak Djokovic for the biggest win of his career in 2018.

The Japanese world No 106 hit 10 winners and made just three unforced errors as he outclassed Murray - breaking him twice - and dominating the court to win the opening set in 29 minutes.

Having already beaten the Scot in straight sets at the Australian Open, Daniel was looking good for a repeat in a match which was rich in quality.

Murray, who gained revenge just a couple of weeks later at the Qatar Open, found his rhythm and an extra bit of pace in his first serve and groundstrokes to establish a comfortable 5-0 lead in the second set.

Daniel pulled a couple of games back to add a bit of respectability to the scoreline before the 34-year-old broke again to seal the set.

But just when Murray looked to have the momentum, qualifier Daniel recaptured his earlier form to break Murray's serve in the opening game of their deciding-set shootout. However, the Scot struck back to level at 3-3.

Murray has pledged to donate his prize money for the rest of the year to help children affected by the war in Ukraine, and cheered on by the Centre Court crowd, the world No 88 sealed a famous win