Murray full of pride after magical Berrettini win: "That's not something that I generally felt over the years at the end of tennis matches"

Andy Murray was very proud of the fight he showed against Matteo Berrettini, beating the 13th seed in a dramatic 5-set clash that lasted over four hours.

Murray was up 2-0 but allowed Berrettini to fight back and make it 2-2. He then saved a match point in the final set and outplayed Berrettini in the match tiebreak to take the set. It's left him very proud of that achievement because it was a victory that proved that he could still do it, against all odds.

Speaking after the match, Murray said:

“I think the last few years, I've certainly questioned myself at times. There's certainly a lot of people [that] questioned me and my ability, whether I could still perform at the biggest events and the biggest matches. I felt very proud of myself after the match. That's not something that I generally felt over the years at the end of tennis matches.”

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He added:

“I think I'm proud of the work that I put in the last few months. I trained really, really hard over in Florida getting ready to play here. I'm really proud of how I fought through that match at the end, like I said, when it could have got away from me, how I played in the tie-break at the end. I was impressed with myself... I'm hard on myself usually. Tonight, I need to give myself some credit because the last few years have been tough. I've lost a few of those matches, those type of matches, in the Slams the last couple years, whether that's the Tsitsipas match [at the 2021 US Open], Isner at Wimbledon [in 2022]. That one could have gone the other way tonight, but I stayed strong, and I deserved to win.”