Andy Murray moved into the fourth round of the Australian Open in surreal circumstances on Saturday, completing a 6-2 3-6 6-2 6-2 victory over Joao Sousa after his father-in-law had collapsed ill a few hundred metres away.
The Scot, who had never lost to the Portuguese in six previous
meetings, broke twice to win the first set with ease but stalled in the
second.
Baseliner Sousa, who spent time practising with Spaniard Rafa Nadal over the close season, believed he was in the form of his life going into the contest and was out to prove it.
He broke Murray's first service game of the second stanza and
kept up the pressure with some ferocious groundstrokes to take the first
set off the second seed in the tournament so far.
Murray, who has played the world number 33 three times in the
last four years at Melbourne Park, wrested back the momentum by breaking
his opponent at the start of the third, however, and the victory never
looked in doubt from then on.
The Scot, runner-up four times at Melbourne Park, sealed victory
when the Portuguese went long and will next face the winner of the
final third round match between Australians Bernard Tomic and John Millman.
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