--- title: Andy Murray Breaks Down in Tears After 3 am Victory description: An emotional Andy Murray broke down in tears after pulling out a hard-fought 3 a.m. victory over Marius Copil at the Citi Open. canonical: https://time.com/5357379/andy-murray-in-tears/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-03T16:08:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:09.494Z og:title: Andy Murray Breaks Down in Tears After Emotional 3 a.m. Victory og:description: The former world No. 1 is in the midst of a stunning comeback og:url: https://time.com/5357379/andy-murray-in-tears/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0025642963d4d467/698936fe22fb852865e26555/andy-murray-tears-citi-open.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Citi Open- Day 6 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Andy Murray Breaks Down in Tears After Emotional 3 a.m. Victory twitter:description: The former world No. 1 is in the midst of a stunning comeback twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0025642963d4d467/698936fe22fb852865e26555/andy-murray-tears-citi-open.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Andy Murray Breaks Down in Tears After Emotional 3 a.m. Victory While 'Closing Time' Plays > Sponsored content. 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Andy Murray of Great Britain shakes hands with Marius Copil of Romania after winning their match during Day Six of the Citi Open at the Rock Creek Tennis Center on August 2, 2018 in Washington, DC. Mitchell Layton/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 3, 2018 4:08 PM UTC An emotional [Andy Murray](http://time.com/4452125/andy-murray-john-inverdale-olympics/) broke down in tears after pulling out a hard-fought victory over Marius Copil at the Citi Open early Friday morning. The former world No. 1—currently ranked 832nd—wept into a towel for several minutes after defeating Copil 6-7, 6-3, 7-6 in a round of 16 match that lasted for more than three hours, and didn’t finish until 3 a.m. “It was just the emotions coming out at the end of an extremely long day and a long match,” Murray told reporters. However, some speculated that Murray’s tears had more to do with his ongoing comeback following a persistent hip injury that kept him sidelined for [nearly a year](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/sports/tennis/andy-murray-nick-kyrgios-queens.html). The [tennis great](http://time.com/5303055/andre-agassi-foundation-tennis-french-open/) is set to face Australia’s Alex de Minaur in the quarter-finals later on Friday, but said there’s a chance he won’t play. “Finishing matches at 3 in the morning is not good,” he said. “It’s not good for the players. It’s not good for anyone, I don’t think, involved in the event. 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