Murray shows the exit door to Etcheverry and advances to the second round at Indian Wells

Andy Murray defeated Argentinean Tomás Etcheverry in 3 sets and will play against Spanish player Pablo Carreño Busta in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells.

Former world No. 1 continues with a promising start to the season, which has him competing at a high level in the tournaments he has played. He proved it in the Australian Open with marathon victories over Kokkinakis and Berretini, and in Doha he reached the final, where he lost against the Russian Daniil Medvedev, who is going through a streak of 14 matches in a row.

Tomás Etcheverry played the South American tournaments in recent weeks, where he play the ATP Santiago final, falling to the Chilean Nicolás Jarry. The 23-year-old Argentine has made the leap from the challengers to the ATP tournaments achieving some good results that have him as world No. 61.

Etcheverry got the first break in the sixth game of the first set, but Murray immediately returned the break, and they continued to hold serve until the tie-break, where the Argentine grew stronger and took the lead over the 3-time Grand Slam champion by 7-6(5). The second set Murray took advantage of his rival's mistakes and got two breaks that gave him the set 6-1 to extend the match, showing a higher level than Etcheverry

The final part of the match had both players fighting in each game, but Murray brought out his hierarchy and broke at a key moment in the ninth game. With this, the Briton kept his serve and won the match 6-7, 6-1, 6-4. In the second round, his opponent will be the fifteenth seeded Pablo Carreño Busta.