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Andy Murray staged an encouraging recovery from his miserable Chinese stint with a lengthy win over Yannick Hanfmann at the Swiss Indoors in Basel egame
The 36-year-old’s 7-5 6-4 win snapped a three-match losing streak in consecutive tournaments but he was forced to fight against the German world number 51 egame
Murray clawed through some marathon opening exchanges to wrest the advantage but was almost pushed into a decider by Hanfmann, who threatened the Scot’s serve throughout egame
The German briefly delayed Murray by converting his eighth break point of the match when he served for the match at 5-3, but Murray immediately responded in kind to seal his place in the next stage egame
Murray said in his on-court interview: “I’m happy to come through egame
He’s had a brilliant year and he’s been playing very well, so it’s a good result egame
“It was tough egame
The first four or five games were something like 45 minutes egame
I don’t remember having that really before, it was ridiculous egame
”Murray is making only his third career appearance at the event, having lost to Roberto Bautista Agut in the first round in 2022 egame
Murray lost in the second round in Zhuhai before successive exits at the first hurdle in Beijing and Shanghai to Alex de Minaur and Roman Safiullin respectively egame
At the Vienna Open, Dan Evans was forced to retire from his first-round clash with Frances Tiafoe due to a calf injury egame
Evans was 4-1 up in the opening set when he pulled up behind the baseline, with Tiafoe progressing to the second round egame
British number one Cameron Norrie was given a tough time by Austria’s world number 169 Filip Misolic before edging into round two egame
Norrie had to scrap through a tight first-set tie-break and was hauled back in the second set by the plucky home favourite before battling through 7-6 (7) 4-6 6-3 egame
Like Murray, Norrie was recovering from a fruitless swing to Asia having fallen at the first stage in Beijing and Shanghai, as well as last week’s Japan Open in Tokyo egame
Heather Watson fell in the first round of the Abierto Tampico event in Mexico, losing in three sets to Ann Li egame
Watson won the first set 6-4, but the American - ranked 50 places below Watson at 156 - raced through the second 6-1 and took the decider 6-3 egame
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There’s a new look about a key area of the team for Liverpool, a changing of the guard enforced by recent events, a previous zone of consistency now faced with uncertainty egame
No, we’re not talking about midfield - that particular switch-up already looks a definite upgrade, even early as it is for such conclusions egame
Instead it’s at left-back the unexpected alteration has occurred, a consequence of Andy Robertson’s need for surgery which means the Scot is out for the rest of the year egame
Having averaged over 44 appearances a season for the Reds since signing in 2017, he’ll now miss at least 17 matches, if best estimates of his return are to be believed egame
That leaves not just a gap for Kostas Tsimikas or an untested youngster to fill tactically, but a void which cannot be accounted for: that of a partnership, of understanding, of the natural, unthinking knowing which comes with playing hundreds of matches alongside a teammate egame
It can be argued that such a changeable nature can be applied not just to the midfield, not even just to left-back, but to the entire defensive structure this term at Anfield: injuries have already hit on the right and centrally too, to go along with the altered personnel ahead of them in the middle third of the pitch egame
All that simply means one truth must be constant if the Reds are to translate early season promise into longer-term capacity to challenge for major honours: Virgil van Dijk must once again prove himself to be among the very best, not just individually as a defender but as a force to make the whole greater than the sum of its parts egame
RecommendedBuild from the front? Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp are repeating an old trickEngland’s Euro 2024 squad: Who’s on the plane, who’s in contention and who has work to do?Virgil van Dijk will show he is Premier League’s best once more – Sami HyypiaThere cannot be much debate that the Dutchman, now club captain at Anfield, has not quite reached the same levels of authoritative performances as he did pre-ACL injury, or at least not on as regular a basis egame
The period which saw Liverpool win both Premier League and Champions League saw Van Dijk at the pinnacle of the game, a central defender without peer, a worthy recipient of the Ballon d’Or itself, had he been handed it instead of a runner-up spot, pipped by seven votes in 2019 by Lionel Messi egame
Perhaps that in itself was a noteworthy award egame
In any case, he’s not quite there these days, not quite the automatic choice among fan or pundit asked to name the world’s finest egame
It’s arguable that there isn’t a single stand-out candidate right now for that particularly subjective title egame
But in asking whether Van Dijk is capable of being the world’s best defender again, part of the answer has to be that it doesn’t really matter egame
He might want to be of course, might already believe he is, but from a team perspective what they really need is Van Dijk’s ability to stabilise the team, to foresee and forestall danger, to order those around him to bring forth resilience from chaos egame
Because chaotic is, still, a little too close to the truth when it comes to spells of defending for Liverpool egame
The midfield is far more creative, far more offensive and energetic, far less reliant on Trent Alexander-Arnold always being at his best egame
But all that comes at a cost: it’s not always the most agile and defensive-first in either recovery or positional terms egame
It’s still new as a group, still needs time to become as cohesive as the best central trios are, on and off the ball egame
And in the meantime, the result can often be large gaps, lost runners, moments of inexplicable choices in possession egame
That leaves a hefty weight on the defence to counteract such moments - the defence and, of course, the still-magnificent Alisson Becker behind them egame
(Getty Images)But before that one-man last line, it’s Van Dijk who must rise once more to ensure unity, if not always outright unison egame
Acting in perfect harmony is difficult enough with four constant selections; as it is this season, Jurgen Klopp has already utilised Jarell Quansah as a fifth-choice, following injuries egame
Alexander-Arnold missed pitch time and is not yet back to his peak physical or technical best egame
Ibrahima Konate and Joel Matip have dovetailed, and now there’s Tsimikas present on a more regular basis - which also means either Joe Gomez will see minutes on the left, or an untried youngster will, with Calum Scanlon and Luke Chambers first in line egame
They presently tally one senior minute egame between them egame
They will all four need guiding for different reasons, all need time, all occasionally get things wrong and need the left-sided centre-back beside them to bail them out egame
No prizes for guessing who that is on a week-to-week basis egame
Because for Liverpool, there are prizes at stake egame
Three points off the top of the Premier League table after a fine opening quarter of the campaign; rolling along nicely in Europe and domestic cups alike egame
egame Between now and the next international break, the opportunities for victory across all competitions are as immense as the potential cost of dropped points: Toulouse twice, Nottingham Forest, Bournemouth, Luton, Brentford egame
A modern title-competing team would take six wins with very little fuss, in truth egame
Then, beyond, it’s Manchester City away egame
The most true barometer of where Liverpool are this season, even coming after an international break and in the infamous 12:30pm kick-off spot egame
The margin for error remains almost nil, but with the reigning champions perhaps not quite at their own peak yet, and Klopp’s side having improved more than might have been thought possible at this early stage, thoughts of a title challenge will not be far away - if the defence is kept on-point, even with altered personnel egame
(Getty Images)It all means Van Dijk must be as close to his own 100 percent as possible, even if his 2023/24 maximum level is a little lower than in 19/20 egame
As far as transformative figures go, Van Dijk was one after signing egame
He, as much as anyone else and more than most, sent Liverpool from challengers to champions, in every competition across the board egame
Now once again he must be the leader - literally, given the armband - who enables the Reds to do so, not so much the new figurehead this time but as the standard-bearer, the supplier of consistency, the model of outperformance which can give Liverpool the extra edge they’ll need, both in the Premier League and beyond egame
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