Andy Murray has fought his way through to the second round of the French Open with a come-from-behind 4-6, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 victory over Richard Gasquet.
While for two sets it looked as though Murray’s nightmare first round match-up against the former top-10 player might prove to be his undoing at Roland Garros, in clinching the win the Scot has gone a long way to proving he’s rediscovered the form that could take him deep into the second week of the Grand Slam.
It was a match the battle-weary Gasquet would have preferred to have taken place a day later as he sought extra time to recover from his title winning run at the Open de Nice Cote D’Azur over the weekend, but was denied his request by French Open organisers, but one where nevertheless the Frenchman started the better.
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