Harrison Falls to Murray in Four Sets MELBOURNE, Australia - Andy Murray of Britain overcame a faltering start to eliminate Ryan Harrison of the United States, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in a first-round match at the 2012 Australian Open. The steadier Briton, seeded fourth, needed 3 hours, 12 minutes to complete his task, which was to contain Harrison's more explosive shots. He did it with deft touches and powerful sprints from side to side. Harrison earned loud cheers from the audience when he took the first set in just under an hour. But he was only minutes away from losing his serve, shoveling a backhand down the line that found the net instead of the court. Despite some powerful rallies that sent spectators gasping and applauding, the ground began to crumble under Harrison's game. Leading 3-1 in the second set, Murray played puppet master, luring Harrison to net, lobbing over him, then nonchalantly blocking Harrison's overhead smash and volleying it down the line for a winner. "Here we go, Ry-an, here we go!" shouted a small American cheering section, but Harrison couldn't lift his game beyond occasional flashes. Trailing 1-4, he hit three winners and an ace to take the game, but it wasn't enough. Harrison, 20, who lives in Bradenton, Fla., displayed flashes of his mercurial temper but mastered the urge to kick one ball out of Hisense Arena, jerking his leg away at the last moment. He did allow his racquet to fall from his hands deep in the third set, when a backhand eluded his reach. "Ohhh!" he shouted. Oddly, the match appeared one-sided after the first set, but in the welter of statistics available at match's end, Murray was the victor by only 16 points, earning 129 to Harrison's 113.