Andy Murray notched his second victory of 2023 against Lorenzo Sonego on Tuesday at the National Bank Open Presented by Rogers. It could hardly have been more different than the first.
The three-time champion Murray charged to a 7-6(3), 6-0 triumph to reach the second round at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Toronto. The former World No. 1 produced a masterclass in controlled hitting in blustery conditions to overwhelm Sonego and book a second-round meeting with home hope Felix Auger-Aliassime or Max Purcell.
In Doha in February, Murray saved three match points before rallying to a remarkable two-and-a-half-hour win against Sonego. In contrast, Murray rarely looked out of command in the pair’s second Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting, even when the Italian saved three break points across as many different service games to force a first-set tie-break in Toronto.
The only real moment of peril for the Briton came at 4-5 in the first set, when a pair of double faults appeared to have handed a set that Murray had largely dominated to Sonego. The Briton dug deep to save two set points and hold from 15/40, however, before winning six straight points en route to the tie-break and going on to dominate the second set.
One place behind Sonego in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings prior to the match, Murray leapfrogged the Italian into 38th with his two-hour, nine-minute victory at Sobey Stadium.
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