Murray reaches Marseille semis
Reuters | HT Correspondent, France
Feb 15, 2008 09:58 PM IST
The first set was tight until Mahut dropped his serve in the last game with a double fault followed by a backhand error.
British number one Andy Murray advanced to the semi-finals of the Marseille Open with a 7-5 7-6 win over Frenchman Nicolas Mahut on Friday.
The first set was tight until Mahut dropped his serve in the last game with a double fault followed by a backhand error.
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World number 11 Murray, seeded fourth in the indoor event, spurned two match points in the 10th game of the second set before going through 7-5 on a tiebreak after the unseeded Mahut hit a forehand wide.
The Scot next faces another Frenchman, Paul-Henri Mathieu or holder Gilles Simon, for a place in Sunday's final.
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