ROLAND GARROS MEN’S SINGLES: And Murray wins another Wringer!

Day four saw some interesting match-ups as the draw narrowed down.

Andy Murray played his second round match, on the third straight day after having played a lengthy and exhausting first round against Radek Stepanek, against French wild card Mathias Bourgue. Murray won the first set easily 6-2, only to find himself under immense trouble as the 22-year old swept the second set 6-2. The third set saw the Scots struggles exacerbate as the Frenchman came up with a brilliant tactical plan to keep his tactics at bay. He regained his rhythm in the fourth set and did well to win it 6-2, and kept the momentum up in the fifth as well. But the match wasnt so easily done as Murray found himself crucially broken while serving for the match at 5-1, only to see Bourgue narrow the gap to 5-3. But Murray finally got the job done in the eighth game, while trying to serve for the second time in the match.Alexander Zverev had to battle past Pierre-Hugues Herbert in a lengthy first round match that had been rescheduled over the course of two days to reach the second round. It was the 18-year old Germans first win in a Major. In the second round, he will play another Frenchman, Stephane Robert. Zverev lost the opening set 7-5, but recovered his momentum to win the second set convincingly by a 6-2 margin. On his part, Herbert didnt give in to pressure either and made Zverev work hard to win every point that is indicative through the final score of the match. 23rd seed Jack Sock brushed past …

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