miriam walker—khan reports. new year, new murray? it seemed so after day one.o of the year — and his second day of the brisbane international. murray's meeting with a much tougher opponent, unsurprisingly, ended that winning momentum. russia's daniil medvedev, currently ranked 16th in the world... compared to murray's 240th. it began, full of pace and power — not easy for someone who recently admitted he's still experiencing "some pain" in his hip. it's in a "better place", though, he says, than it was this time last year in the build—up to the australian open. and that'll be murray's next challenge, in just under two weeks. whether it is issues with your game, if you aren't serving as well, or if you're not moving as well, the better players exploit that. like i said, he's a top player and is able to do that. so i need to try and find a way of working out how to get around some of the things i struggle with a bit now. but the scotsman eventually lost control and was overpowered by medverev, who won 7—5 6—2. as out of character as it is for him to be knocked ou