Murray into Madrid Open third round

May 07, 2015 | 09:59

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Andy Murray made the Madrid Open third round with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 win over Philipp Kohlschreiber in a match which ended at 3am on Thursday (May 7).

Scottish tennis player Andy Murray returns a ball to German player Philipp Kohlschreiber during the Madrid Open tournament at the Caja Magica (Magic Box) sports complex in Madrid on May 6, 2015. (Photo: AFP/Javier Soriano)

MADRID: Andy Murray made the Madrid Open third round with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 win over Philipp Kohlschreiber in a match which ended at 3am on Thursday (May 7).

The second seeded Murray had already defeated his German opponent in three sets in the rain-delayed Munich Open final on Monday to register his first claycourt title.

His latest meeting with Kohlschreiber only got underway at just after 1am after a succession of marathon matches at the joint ATP-WTA tournament had thrown the schedule into chaos.

The Murray-Kohlschreiber clash was not the latest finish to an ATP World Tour tie.

That honour belongs to Benjamin Becker and Jiri Novak who completed a match at the 2006 Japan Open at 3.25am.

Murray will have to recover quickly as he is due to face Spain's Marcel Granollers later Thursday for a place in the quarter-finals.

However, Granollers may not be feeling particularly fresh as he needed three hours and 20 minutes to defeat French 13th seed Gael Monfils, 7-6 (8/6), 6-7 (7/9), 6-4.

AFP

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