- Veteran wins 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 in over three hours in desert heat
- Scot refuses to fade against promising Spanish teenager
Andy Murray showed he is not ready to surrender to his sport’s next generation after battling past Carlos Alcaraz in the second round of the BNP Paribas Masters in Indian Wells.
Murray has tipped the precocious 18-year-old Spaniard as a future world No 1 but it was the veteran Scot who outlasted his opponent 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 in over three hours in the desert heat.