National Bank Open: Andy Murray beats in Toronto | Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans make it to the second round | Tennis News
Andy Murray lost consecutive sets in the first round of the National Bank Open as British No. 1 Cameron Norrie advanced.
Murray, who won the tournament in 2015 after previous wins in 2009 and 2010, finally had to face American Taylor Fritz in Tuesday night’s game after they were delayed a day earlier. due to rain in Montreal.
The Scot was overwhelmed by the strength of the 10th seed in the first set before hitting back hard in the second, with his frustration getting better as he smashed the tree. his racket on the court many times.
Fritz proved too strong in the end, with a 6-1 6-3 win over Canada in a second-round encounter against compatriot Frances Tiafoe.
Before that, Norrie had returned from the final loss to Abierto de Tenis Mifel a few days earlier with a 6-4 6-4 defeat to Brandon Nakashima.
The world number 11 took just one hour and 13 minutes to win and will face Botic van de Zandschulp in the second round.
Jack Draper set up the encounter with Stefanos Tsitsipas with a 6-2 6-3 win over his counterpart Hugo Gaston, while British No 2 Dan Evans dropped a set en route to win against Filip Krajinovic.
Evans will now play Russia’s Andrey Rublev, who said goodbye in the first round.