Andy Murray beats Taro Daniel at Indian Wells to secure 700th ATP Tour win

Andy Murray secured his 700th win on the tour when he beat Taro Daniel in the first round at Indian Wells.

Daniel took the first set in 28 minutes after the Britons passed up two break points in the third game.

Murray dropped his serve in the first game of the decider after winning the second set.

Murray regrouped, leveled at 3-3 with a brilliant forehand and then broke Daniel at 4-5 to take the match.

He will play Alexander Bublik in the next round.

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Murray told Amazon Prime that reaching 700 wins means a lot.

Not a lot of guys have been able to do that.

Murray had played Daniel three times this year.

Murray won the match against Daniel in the second round of the Australian Open.

Daniel, who is 106 in the men's rankings, felt more confident after Murray failed to take two break points in the third game of the first set.

Daniel broke Murray to love in his next two service games to take a 5-1 lead and was making his opponent look tired as he served out to win the opening set in 28 minutes.

Murray broke his opponent in the first game of the next set and then gave a fist pump after securing a double break.

More winners were coming from Murray's racquet as he benefited from a more positive approach and he took the second set to level the match.

Murray lost a fourth service game to love in the first game of the decider and threw his cap down in disgust when he missed a high volley in the fifth game.

He regained his composure and made it 3-3 with a forehand winner.

Murray saved a break point in the ninth game with a brave second serve that was too much for Daniel to handle and he gave out a roar when he held to go 4-5 up.

While he saved two match points, Daniel was unable to do so a third time as Murray won in one hour and 58 minutes.

Daniel had a couple of matches in the qualification and he came out really hot but Murray left the ball short.

As the match went on, I started to get closer to the baseline, timing the ball better and I figured it out. It wasn't easy.

After the Miami Masters later this month, Murray will get back together with his former coach.

Murray said thatLendl said good luck.

We spoke a bit in the last couple of weeks. We are starting after Miami. We are hoping that he will be able to come along and watch me at the tournament.