Good evening and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the Paris Masters first round match between Andy Murray and Dominik Koepfer. We'll bring you all the action as it happens in the French capital. The two players are due on court at 18:30 GMT (19:30 local time)!
A. Murray vs D. Koepfer | Paris
Men's Singles | Round 1 | 01.11.2021 | Court Central
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Updated 01/11/2021 at 21:51 GMT
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21:51
21:40
GAME, SET, MATCH... KOEPFER! Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-7 (9) Koepfer: An incredible tie break saw Murray spurned five match points (seven in total for the match) and Koepfer wins his first! It's Koepfer who is into the next round!
21:23
MURRAY 6-6 KOEPFER (4-6, 7-5): Into a tie break! Murray's range was off in that game and Koepfer holds to love. We enter a tie break to decide this set, and to decide the match!
21:18
MURRAY 6-5 KOEPFER* (4-6, 7-5): A very important hold from Murray who clinches game point with an ace out wide. Now the pressure is back on Koepfer who will serve to stay in the match!
21:14
*MURRAY 5-5 KOEPFER (4-6, 7-5): Koepfer saves TWO match points at 15-40 and holds. Frustrating for Murray whose shot selection let him down there. Was that his opportunity?
21:07
MURRAY 5-4 KOEPFER* (4-6, 7-5): Another shaky service game from Murray, but it included the point of the match with the Brit chasing down a drop shot at the net to pick off Koepfer.
21:02
*MURRAY 4-4 KOEPFER (4-6, 7-5): Very proactive play from Koepfer who is really feeling it on his backhand side again. A lot of physical points in that service game from the German!
20:57
MURRAY 4-3 KOEPFER* (4-6, 7-5): What an escape for Murray! Koepfer had THREE break points at 0-40, but the former world number one all-of-a-sudden finds his first serve and wins five points in a row to get out of trouble!
20:52
*MURRAY 3-3 KOEPFER (4-6, 7-5): Another love hold and this is a bit of a dog fight in this final set. Koepfer has grown again and Murray needs to be wary. He's struggling with his returning.
20:48
MURRAY 3-2 KOEPFER* (4-6, 7-5): A love hold from Murray and that was much better from him in terms of his serving. However, he hasn't been able to build any sort of momentum. Can he find a way through?
20:45
*MURRAY 2-2 KOEPFER (4-6, 7-5): A quick service hold from Koepfer and the pressure is back on the Murray serve. He could do with a few free points here! There is a sense that Koepfer has momentum again!
20:42
MURRAY 2-1 KOEPFER* (4-6, 7-5): A really sloppy game from Murray who completely loses his serve at 40-15, then he ground it out from the baseline to hold his serve from deuce.
20:36
*MURRAY 1-1 KOEPFER (4-6, 7-5): Murray had a real inroad at 15-30 in that game and there were opportunities for him to break even after that, but Koepfer does just about enough to get on the board in this third set.
20:32
20:31
MURRAY 1-0 KOEPFER* (4-6, 7-5): A love hold for Murray, which will be welcome for him. He's doing a better job of finding his first serve and that makes a massive difference. Momentum shift?
20:26
SECOND SET, MURRAY! MURRAY 7-5 KOEPFER (4-6): Murray is alive again! He breaks for the second consecutive time and he has levelled this match against the odds! Koepfer's level dropped, Murray lifted his and that made the difference!
20:21
MURRAY 6-5 KOEPFER* (4-6): Danger for Murray in that service game at 30-30, but the former world number one uses a drop shot to good effect and holds. Now Koepfer is serving to stay in the second set!
20:20
*MURRAY 5-5 KOEPFER (4-6): Break! Just in the nick of time, Murray pulls himself level in the second set! Koepfer is broken to love just as he is serving for the match and a place in the second round.
20:11
MURRAY 4-5 KOEPFER* (4-6): An uncomfortable service game for Murray, but he holds and it's now or never for the former world number one. Koepfer will now attempt to serve out one of the biggest wins of his career.
20:07
*MURRAY 3-5 KOEPFER (4-6): A very quick hold of serve from Koepfer who took the racquet out of Murray's hands with some of those winners and an ace in there for good measure as well.