Murray escapes again in five sets

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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 tournament, you can’t play too many matches like this. I’m hoping in the next one, if I win, I …

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