5 Talking Points from Day1 of Australian Open 2019

Has Andy Murray played his last match?

Andy Murray after his match against Roberto Bautista Agut

Even before the match started, former World number 1 Andy Murray admitted that the 2019 Australian Open could be his last tournament as he has been struggling with a hip injury over the past few months and it has been hampering his progress all this while.

If he decides to quit after the Australian Open, his match against Roberto Bautista Agut is the best possible farewell match for him as he took the fans down memory lane by putting on a spirited performance in a match that lasted over four hours - the longest on Day 1.

After losing the first two sets 4-6, 4-6, the Scot came back strongly in the next two sets as he won them in a tie-breaker 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4) to push it to the fifth set. By the time the final set started, Murray was running out of gas and the 22nd seed from Spain hardly wasted time in sealing the set and game with a 6-2 scoreline in the fifth set.

"If this was my last match then it was an amazing way to end. I gave literally everything I had but it wasn’t to be tonight," he said before signing off.