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Murray, who led Britain to their first Davis Cup triumph in
79 years just over a month ago, stormed past France's Kenny de
Schepper in his opening match of the mixed teams event on Monday
but did not seem to be at his 100 per cent against Kyrgios.
The 20-year-old Australian, ranked 30th in the world, had never
won his previous four meetings against Murray, including three
losses in grand slams last year.
But he salvaged some pride with a 6-4 7-6(5) win on Wednesday to
give his team, Australia Green, a 1-0 lead against opponents
Britain.
"I did promise a few of my friends that next time I played
Murray I would beat him, and there you go," Kyrgios said at a
court-side interview after his win.
"I've improved a lot. I've put a lot of hard work in over the
off-season and it has paid off."
(Writing by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Amlan
Chakraborty)
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