Stunning Andy Murray into French Open semi-finals after seeing off David Ferrer

03/06/2015

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Andy Murray will renew his rivalry with Novak Djokovic at the French Open after knocking out former finalist David Ferrer in four sets.

The British No.1 was at his sublime best at times on Suzanne Lenglen as he took his unbeaten run on clay in 2015 to 15 matches with the 7-6(4), 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 win.

Murray will now face Djokovic, who beat him in the Australian Open final in January, in the last four after the Serbian dethroned Rafael Nadal in their quarter-final clash.

Andy MurrayIn an up and down first set, six breaks of serve were shared with Murray having to save a set point at 5-6. Some huge forehands saw him out of trouble and into a 5-1 lead in the tie-break which he took 7-4.

The second set featured some punishing rallies but turned in Murray’s favour when he held serve from 0-40 down.

Two breaks followed as the Spaniard, nicknamed the roadrunner and who beat the Scot at the same stage in 2012, was being made to put some serious yards in around the court.

Munich and Madrid Open winner Murray was in full flow and broke at the beginning of the third to move into a 3-0 lead but was soon pegged back to 3-3.

And Ferrer would not lie down, some relentless hitting off either side saw him break once more which brought him back into the match with the third set in the bag.

David FerrerHowever, he would only win one further game in the Paris sun. A sublime backhand pass from Murray saw him take a 2-0 advantage in the fourth and he closed out the match like a steam train on full gas 6-1. 

Afterwards on court, Murray said: "I knew it was going to be extremely tough and the first set was very important. I had the break twice but couldn’t get it but managed to hang on in the tie break.

"He fought extremely hard and made it very difficult. The semi-final with Novak is going to be very tough. I hope it is a good one and I will have to play a high quality of tennis if I want to have a chance. I am going to need as much support as possible." 

Juniors

Elsewhere at Roland Garros the junior duo of Katie Swan and Emily Arbuthnott suffered defeats in the Girls’ singles.

Arbuthnott went down 6-2, 6-0 to No.1 seed Marketa Vondrousova while Swan put up a strong battle before being knocked out 4-6, 6-3, 3-6 to Jil Teichmann.

Swan and Sofia Kenin did enjoy success on the doubles court though, beating Usue Maitane Arconada and Nadia Podoroska 7-5, 6-4 to progress into Round 3. 

Wheelchair

Gordon Reid and Jordanne Whiley were in action on Wednesday with Reid reaching the fifth men’s doubles Grand Slam final of his career. Read a detailed report here

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