‘Here we go again’: Andy Murray explains key to latest comeback victory over Tomas Etcheverry

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Andy Murray pulled off another comeback after edging past Tomas Etcheverry over the distance at Indian Wells.

The Briton, 35 years of age and playing against the 23-year-old Argentine, advanced to the second round after three more gruelling sets (6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 6-4)

Murray was on court for three hours and 12 minutes. including 20 break points, converting just four of them in the marathon contest.

But Murray was relieved after prevailing at a venue he has tended to struggle at in the past, pinpointing his recovery skills after some poor decision-making in the first set.

“I really felt like I was in the driving seat for much of the match,” Murray told BBC Sport. “I was creating lots of opportunities but I just wasn’t able to capitalise. I made some poor decisions at times, but in the end did really well to get through that.”

“I’m not going to keep winning every three-set match that I play, but it’s been an amazing start to the year,” Murray continued.

“It was still a good effort to turn that around as the first set was extremely long and I was thinking ‘here we go again’. This is a place where I haven’t always played my best tennis so I was really happy that I managed to turn that around.”

Murray is now due to face Pablo Carreño Busta in the second round on Saturday.