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Andy Murray d Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4

Together with his translucent complexion, lugubrious method and in an all-blue ensemble that melds into the courtroom color scheme at Melbourne Park, Andy Murray makes a superb ghost.

Three years in the past, on this very courtroom, Murray’s profession was interred after a five-set first-round defeat by Roberto Bautista Agut. The gang saluted, his mom Judy cried, former participant Mark Petchey paid syrupy tribute, Bautista Agut added his encomium after which a cavalcade of greats together with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal appeared on display to eulogise him.

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