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Murray grinds out another five-set win
- Updated: May 25, 2016
11:55 AM ET
Andy Murray was forced to go the distance again at Roland Garros as he ground out a five-set win over French wild card Mathias Bourgue.
Having come back from two sets down to beat qualifier Radek Stepanek in an opening-round match stretched over two days, Murray pulled off another escape act on Wednesday to win 6-2, 2-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
The world No.2’s victory in 3 hours, 34 minutes sets up a meeting with Ivo Karlovic — the oldest player, at 37, to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for 25 years. Murray has never lost to the Croatian, but this will be their first meeting on clay.
“I need to go and rest, it’s been a tough few days,” Murray said on court postmatch. “I’m going to have to recover extremely well. If i’m to go far at this …
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