Andy Murray secures his first win of the 12 months in opposition to Dominic Thiem – however Cameron Norrie’s Australian Open hopes cling within the steadiness after wrist damage forces British No 1 to withdraw from ASB Traditional

Andy Murray secured a morale-boosting first win of the season in opposition to Dominic Thiem on the Kooyong Traditional.

Whereas solely in an exhibition occasion, the 6-4, 6-2 victory can be very welcome for Murray, who misplaced to Grigor Dimitrov within the first spherical of the Brisbane Worldwide final week earlier than falling to defeat in opposition to Marin Cilic at Kooyong on Wednesday.

The Scot will tackle Thirtieth-seeded Argentinian Tomas Martin Etcheverry within the first spherical of the Australian Open.

In the meantime, Cameron Norrie sparked fears forward of the Australian Open by pulling out of his quarter-final on the ASB Traditional with a wrist damage.

Andy Murray beat Dominic Thiem within the Kooyong Traditional to safe a morale-boosting win

Cameron Norrie withdrew from the ASB Traditional earlier than his quarter-final in opposition to Alejandro Tabilo, casting doubts over his Australian Open hopes

The British No 1 had been as a consequence of face Chilean Alejandro Tabilo in Auckland, town the place he grew up, however withdrew simply earlier than the scheduled begin.

Wrist points will be notoriously problematic for tennis gamers however the phrase from Norrie’s camp was it was a precautionary choice previous to travelling to Melbourne, the place he has been drawn to face Peru’s Juan Pablo Varillas within the first spherical.

Norrie reached the ultimate in Auckland 12 months in the past and can drop exterior the highest 20 for the primary time since October 2021 on Monday.