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Andy Murray turned a potential defeat into an impressive victory in the Down 1-5 in the third set and spraying balls outside of the lines, While the world No3 has never had great success at Roland Garros, he After Starace pushed him about the court in the second set and during The Scot won the third set with a gorgeous drop shot, but Starace rallied in the fourth set, adding pace to his groundstrokes and making sure to stretch Murray out as long as possible. But Murray had a fine read of the Starace’s weak second serves and pounced in the The Italian fought off one match point with an overhead smash, a second with a forehand volley, but in the final point, Murray smoked a forehand winner crosscourt and pumped his fists in victory. Murray ended the match with 52 winners to 42 from Starace. With the second round victory, Murray equaled his best result here. In 2008, he fell to Spaniard Nicolas Almagro in the third round. Almagro was also a winner on Wednesday, besting Latvian sensation Ernests Gulbis 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-2. Murray will play the winner of the match between Feliciano Lopez and Janko Tipsarevic. |
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Murray rallies to see off Starace
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