Murray Locked In Another Fight At Roland Garros

Andy Murray might be in for another dogfight on Wednesday at Roland Garros. The second seed, who’s taking to the court for the third time in three days, is tied at one-set all with French wild card Mathias Bourgue 6-2, 2-6.

The Scot had avoided the slow start that plagued him against Czech qualifier Radek Stepanek, which forced Murray to come back from two sets down for the ninth time in his career. The World No. 2 broke Bourgue at 2-1 and again at 5-2 to win the first set in 40 minutes.

Murray’s level of play dipped, though, early in the second. He was up 2-0 but then let Bourgue reel off the next six games, including three service breaks, to take the second set. The 22 year old won 16 points in a row from 30-all, 3-2 in the second set to 30-0 in the first game of the third set.

Murray has reached the semi-finals in Paris three times, falling to Novak Djokovic or Rafael Nadal each time. The 29 year old enters the season’s clay-court Grand Slam on the heels of a title at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome two weeks ago and a runner-up finish at the Mutua Madrid Open earlier this month.