The 36-year-old Briton has reached at least the quarterfinal stage in all of his four previous outings and is unseeded this time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
De Minaur, ranked 12th in the ATP tour, saved two match points in the eighth game of the third set en route to winning the 171-minute duel, Xinhua reports.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Trailing 0-40 in his first service game, Murray saved two break points but failed at the third one, which eventually cost him the first set.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The former world No. 1 regrouped in the following set, breaking De Minaur's serve twice while the latter broke once.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Murray broke first in the third set to make it 3-1, but De Minaur displayed admirable mettle, breaking back in the ninth game before triumphing in the breathtaking tie-break.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
De Minaur has won all the previous four encounters against the 40th-ranked Murray.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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