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The 36-year-old former world number one
recovered from 2-5 in the opening set tiebreak to defeat
American Brandon Nakashima 7-6(5) 6-4 on Wednesday and will take
on home favourite and top seed Taylor Fritz in the third round.
Murray was on the comeback trail from hip surgery when he was
forced to withdraw from the tournament five years ago after
another comeback win over Marius Copil in a match that ended
with the fatigued Scot sobbing into a towel.
"Yeah, 2018 was a pretty tough tournament for me. Mentally and
physically. I was in a terrible place," said Murray, who had
further surgery on his troublesome hip in 2019 and has since
resurrected his career.
"To be back here like five years after that when, you know, I
didn't really want to play anymore ... I was getting really not
much enjoyment after that. I won some amazing matches that week
but I felt awful.
"I wasn't able to enjoy the wins, because I couldn't sleep in
the evenings after matches because of my hip and everything.
It's nice to be back not having any of those issues and being
pain-free and still competing at a high level.
"It's been a long, long journey these last four-five years. But
happy to still be going."
World number 44 Murray, who lost his Wimbledon second-round
match to Stefanos Tsitsipas in five sets last month, is gearing
up for the U.S. Open which begins on Aug. 28.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by
Christopher Cushing)
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