Five-time a losing finalist at Melbourne Park, Murray had laboured through his opening round victory over Illya Marchenko in the full heat of the opening day of the tournament. "I still think he's got some developing to do there. The final time Murray sent the world number 156 running around the court brought up match point, which Murray converted when the qualifier went long after one hour, 37 minutes. Next up for Murray in the third round on Friday is American Sam Querrey. Obviously had a big win a couple slams ago against Novak (Djokovic) in the third round (at Wimbledon).

Source: bd News24 January 18, 2017 16:06 UTC