{"id":184618,"date":"2022-01-11T09:48:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T10:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=184618"},"modified":"2022-01-11T18:59:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T18:59:36","slug":"new-weapon-brings-murray-renewed-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=184618","title":{"rendered":"New weapon brings Murray renewed hope"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andy Murray<\/a> wielded his new racquet to great effect at the Sydney Tennis Classic tonight, breezing by Norway's Viktor Durasovic in a straight sets romp.<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old prevailed 6-3, 6-1 in the round of 32 clash, setting up a date with Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Murray's win was his second with what he called a "more forgiving" racquet, which has a larger frame and a larger sweet spot compared to the one he's used throughout his illustrious career.<\/p>\n

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"Last week was the first time I played a match with a different racquet in 20 years," Murray said after the win.<\/p>\n

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"I'm still getting used to it but really nice to get my range here and hopefully I can take it with me down to Melbourne."<\/p>\n

The former world No.1 was a mainstay in the latter stages of the Australian Open in his prime, having been the runner-up at Melbourne Park on five separate occasions.<\/p>\n

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While he has not made it past the third round of any major since 2017, Murray believes he could still have another deep run left in him.<\/p>\n

"It's a stretch. At my peak it was difficult enough," he said of his chances of winning the Australian Open.<\/p>\n

"I believe I can have a good run there and who knows?"<\/p>\n

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Andy Murray wielded his new racquet to great effect at the Sydney Tennis Classic tonight, breezing by Norway's Viktor Durasovic in a straight sets romp. […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184618"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184618"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184621,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184618\/revisions\/184621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}