[穆瑞] Murray starts season with victory
Last Updated: Monday, 1 January 2007, 15:59 GMT
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Murray starts season with victory
Britain's Andy Murray had to come from behind to beat Filippo Volandri
4-6 6-2 6-4 in the first round of the Qatar Open hardcourt event in Doha.
On a chilly day, the fourth seed began slowly and was unable to hold his
serve as the Italian won the first set.
The 19-year-old lost the first game in the second but then broke serve
twice on his way to levelling the match.
The Scot saved a break point to take a 4-2 lead in the third and pressed
on to set up a match with Christophe Rochus.
Murray was pleased with the way he fought back after a difficult start
against Volandri, the consistent world number 38.
"Even though I was never at my best I was happy," said Murray, who has
been battling a bad cold.
"Anyone will tell you that the first match of the year is not easy, and he is
a hard guy to play.
"I had to pick my chances to be aggressive and was happy to come back.
"It's one of my goals to fight when I get these sort of matches, and this is
the sort of match I was losing at the start of last year."
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Belgian Rochus, ranked 64 in the world, overcame Spain's Alberto Martin to
book his place in the second round.
Third seed Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, Russian fifth seed Mikhail Youzhny
and sixth seed Robin Soderling from Sweden all progressed to the next stage.
Russian world number three Nikolay Davydenko, the event's top-ranked
player, begins his campaign against Korea's Lee Hyung-Taik on Tuesday.
World number one Roger Federer won the Qatar title in 2005 and 2006 but
has decided to skip this year's event.
Instead, he is training in Dubai ahead of the first Grand Slam of the
year, the Australian Open, which begins in Melbourne on 15 January.
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