Andy Murray, carrying the growing hopes of a British public anxious to have its first male Grand Slam champion in more than 70 years, has won his first-round match at the Australian Open.
The fourth-seeded Scot, who lost last year's U.S. Open final to Roger Federer, was leading Andrei Pavel of Romania 6-2, 3-1, 15-0 when the Romanian pulled out with a back injury in searing 37C (99F) temperatures at Rod Laver Arena.
The last British male champion at a Grand Slam was Fred Perry, who won Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 1936.
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