The Scot triumphed with an epic 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-7(7) 7-6 (10-6) win.
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The three-time Grand Slam winner overcame Frances Tiafoe in the first round to set up a tie with Schwartzman.
Murray, 34, blasted the Greek third seed for the “nonsense” and said he had lost respect for him after Tsitsipas disappeared off court for almost eight minutes at the start of the fifth set.
The pair had a tough draw against second seeds and Roland Garros champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut.
“During the grass-court season, I, unfortunately, experienced a setback with my knee and have accepted that I must withdraw from the Tokyo Olympic Games,” the 40-year-old wrote.
The great American has not had a particularly impressive season, losing early at both the Australian Open and Roland Garros, but she remains the biggest star in the women’s game by a distance and would surely have been amongst the favourites to win the gold medal in the Japanese capital.
“Gutted to share that I won’t be flying out to Australia to compete at the Australian Open,” Murray was quoted as saying by British media on Friday.
Twenty-five players – thought to mostly be qualifiers – on board the flight from Doha to Melbourne must isolate in their room for 14 days.
The former world number one was due to travel to Australia on one of a series of charter flights laid on by tournament organisers, but is still isolating at home in London.
Thirty-three-year-old Murray, who is self-isolating and in good health, was awarded a wildcard to play in the main draw of the year’s first Grand Slam in Melbourne.
The former world No 1, who has slipped to 122nd in the rankings, will join defending champion Reilly Opelka, top-ranked American John Isner and Canada’s Milos Raonic in the Florida field.
The governing body of men’s tennis announced Murray, Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime, Australian John Millman and Frenchman Jeremy Chardy will replace Djokovic, John Isner, Vasek Pospisil and Sam Querrey, who stepped down to form the Professional Tennis Players Association.
The last time they met on Court Philippe Chatrier, in the 2017 semi-final, Wawrinka came through a five-set slugfest.
Former world number one Andy Murray made this disclosure in an interview granted in London.
“It’s not safe for players to go from the semi-finals or final in New York… and then play in Madrid at altitude on clay when they haven’t competed for a long time,” Murray told a news conference during the “Battle of the Brits” charity tournament
The Scot’s criticism has come after the Serbian and three other players tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Former world number one, Murray has played only a handful of singles matches since having a career-saving hip surgery earlier this year, but qualified for the nation-based tournament with a protected ranking.
The 32-year-old is regaining his fitness after a hip resurfacing procedure in January, and late last month recorded the first two victories of his singles comeback at the Rafa Nadal Open Challenger tournament in Mallorca before making a third-round exit.
The 32-year-old former world number one crushed teenage French novice Imran Sibille 6-0 6-1 to move into the second round of the Rafa Nadal Open Challenger tournament
The Briton, 32, has been competing in doubles since June having had a hip resurfacing operation in January.