Andy Murray marched in to the third round of the French Open at Roland Garros in Paris today, beating the 104th ranked Italian Potito Starace in four sets 6-3, 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Regardless of rankings Starace started the game with a slightly better record than Murray at the French Open, having reached the third round in Paris twice to Murray’s once. The Italian’s favourite surface is clay, while Murray has until this year struggled on that surface.
Murray was quick to break the Italians serve in the first set, and looked pretty much in control at that point, Starace having little say in the proceedings. However the second set saw the Starace take the advantage, upping his game particularly his service while Murray seemed to lose his own concentration to let the second set go.
The third set was heading the same way as the second as Starace built a commanding 5-1 lead, before Murray was able to get on top of his game with a fantastic fight back that seemed to take the wind out of Starace’s sails, Murray eventually taking the set 7-5.
The Scot holding out in the final set for an impressive win and will now face the winner of the game between Janko Tipsarevic and Feliciano Lopez.
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