Andy Murray has qualified for the quarter-final of the Mutua Madrid Open after he
broke the dogged resistance of the Frenchman Gilles Simon.
Murray lost the first set 6-2 but hit
back to level the match by winning the second 6-4, and it seemed that
victory was inevitable when he took a 3-0 lead in the third set.
However, the world No17 consistently clawed his way back when he
appeared on the brink of defeat and eventually the match went to a
tie-break before the Scot won 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8/6).
The match lasted almost three hours and left
Murray, who will return to No2 in the world after Roger Federer's
surprise defeat, little time to recover before his last-eight match on
Friday with Tomas Berdych.
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