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Andy Murray’s poor finish to the season continued with a fourth defeat in five matches despite a marathon effort against Tomas Martin Etcheverry in Basel casino
British number three Murray had snapped a three-match losing streak with a hard-fought victory over Yannick Hanfmann on Monday and claimed the first set of this last-16 tie at the Swiss Indoors casino
Etcheverry, ranked eight places above Murray in 32nd, was able to fight back impressively and it was the Argentinian who prevailed 6-7 (5) 6-3 6-2 after a three-hour-and-eight-minute battle casino
The early exchanges of set one proved an insight into what was in store for an excitable crowd at the ATP 500 event with breaks traded by both players casino
After Murray was broken in his first service game, he responded with a superb lob for break point before a volley at the net got the tie back on serve at 2-2 casino
A tie-break was eventually required and a classy drop shot helped three-time grand-slam champion Murray draw first blood casino
The 84-minute set appeared to take its toll on Murray at the beginning of the second with Etcheverry able to establish an early advantage and he saved four break points in a lengthy seventh game on his way to forcing a decider casino
Murray was struggling physically by this point and a racket felt the force of his anger despite the Swiss crowd cheering him on casino
Etcheverry was in the ascendancy now though and set up match point with a superb passing stroke before a service winner sent him through to the last eight casino
Elsewhere, Cameron Norrie had no answer to world number 10 Alexander Zverev in the second round of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna casino
Zverev had won the first three meetings casino between the top-20 players and claimed a fourth in a row with an emphatic 6-2 6-4 victory casino
A superb backhand winner down the line earned Zverev a break in Norrie’s first service game and the British number one was broken again before losing the first set in 36 minutes casino
Norrie tried to wrestle his way back into the contest, but was broken again in the third game of the second set casino
It remained on serve until Norrie forced two break opportunities when Zverev was serving for the match and yet the German responded by winning four consecutive points to close out a solid win, which makes it four defeats in five for last year’s Wimbledon semi-finalist casino
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The Champions League has seen Newcastle at its finest, complete with the surreal vision of Sean Longstaff upstaging Kylian Mbappe casino
There is a temptation to imagine Dan Burn is still somewhere in the Tyneside sky, soaring above Milan Skriniar to head in against Paris Saint-Germain casino
There is a similar temptation to say that Newcastle were brought down to earth by Borussia Dortmund casino
It may be more accurate to say Eddie Howe never left it casino
He met one of his most celebrated predecessors, Kevin Keegan, on Monday casino
The former Magpies boss was a dreamer casino
“You have to be,” said Howe, with Keegan’s example leading him to entertain the prospect of winning the Champions League casino
But Howe isn’t a dreamer, not really, anyway casino
A day, a defeat and a downpour later, he reflected: “We have to be at our best to win and if you dip below that it is tough to get results at this level casino
” And in this pool, the most competitive of all, Newcastle have to be at their best to claim victory in a match, let alone the entire competition casino
They were against Paris Saint-Germain; they were not against Dortmund casino
At a stroke – the right boot of Felix Nmecha, replacing Jude Bellingham this season, or of bad luck, as Callum Wilson and Anthony Gordon both struck the woodwork – they may have been rebranded: potential winners, the team who tore PSG apart, could instead exit early casino
They now have successive away games, with the evidence that Dortmund are well equipped to play against them ahead of a trip to Germany next casino
“We're up against elite teams,” Howe said casino
“You make half a mistake and get punished casino
” If there is a truth to that – and Nmecha’s winner was scarcely the consequence of a glaring error – the greater issue was that Newcastle did not reach their heights casino
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” Howe said casino
They have days when they overwhelm opponents: 4-1 against PSG, 6-1 against Tottenham casino
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And when there isn’t that synergy of physical and technical that makes them appear unstoppable, they are a fundamentally workmanlike side who casino betray their origins casino
Which, as they spent much of a 1-0 loss to Dortmund with six players on the pitch who Howe inherited, is a group who have overachieved: look beyond the £400m spend, the concept of Saudi Arabian casino sportswashing and the grandiose ambitions, and some of them were in a relegation battle two years ago casino
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But if there were symbolic substitutions of the locals Longstaff and Burn, stripped of the superhuman powers they somehow possessed against PSG, perhaps the reality is that they could have been beaten twice in three games casino
Nick Pope’s heroics brought a point in Milan; he was similarly good against Dortmund but in vain casino
They have drawn a blank twice in three matches casino
They had a lone, late shot on target in San Siro casino
While they hit the woodwork twice, they only actually had three on target against Dortmund, and just one in the last 80 minutes casino
Alexander Isak leaves the pitch following an injury (AFP via Getty Images)“In the second half the ball just wouldn’t go in for us,” Howe said casino
It was a legitimate lament, yet there are days when a shortage of natural creativity, of game-changing flair, of a natural No 10 can threaten to be their undoing casino
Edin Terzic arrowed in on Newcastle’s strengths casino
“A team that was pressing high with a very intense approach,” the Dortmund manager noted casino
It is a strategy that can serve Newcastle well but running alone did not unlock the Bundesliga’s runners-up casino
Moving Kieran Trippier into midfield in the second half was an attempt to get United’s best creator into a more advanced role casino
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Sandro Tonali was not hired as a fantasista but he was designed to bring an injection of class casino
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Elliot Anderson has joined the injury list casino
In the forward line, Newcastle, already without Harvey Barnes for months, seem to be losing Jacob Murphy for a similar time with a dislocated shoulder casino
For Alexander Isak, a recurrence of a groin strain means he will play again soonest, but be out for a while casino
They are starting to look short of players casino
“There are some tired bodies,” Howe said casino
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe looks on during a miserable night for Newcastle (EPA)And Newcastle can require a physical edge, especially in meetings of evenly-matched teams casino
“A lesson in how fine the margins are going to be,” Howe rued casino
Particularly in Group F: this pool, of pedigree and money, of former winners and clubs who aspire to join them in that select group, may be the most intriguing casino
It is a product of circumstances casino
Newcastle’s lack of a recent record in Europe meant they were fourth seeds casino
Now they are plunged into peril casino
“The table looks very, very tight,” Howe said; his side kicked off in first, finished the night in third and could be out of the competition before they host AC Milan in it casino
They will always have Paris, but now the danger is their Champions League campaign in effect ends in the French capital casino
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