Relieved Murray survives five-set marathon

Andy Murray celebrates his great escape. Source: Michel Euler / AP

ANDY Murray found his second wind to finally get the better of Philipp Kohlschreiber, needing 40 minutes to complete a 3-6 6-3 6-3 4-6 12-10 win and reach the French Open fourth round.

The match between Wimbledon champion Murray and the 28th-seeded Kohlschreiber had been suspended because of fading light.

"I was cramping yesterday. My muscles were obviously fatigued," Murray said.

It was a tough day at the office for Andy Murray. Source: AP

"I actually woke up (feeling) okay ... the nice thing about this surface, compared with the hard court, is when you have a tough match on the hard courts you wake up the next day and your hips are sore, your knees are sore."

Kohlschreiber missed a chance to break Murray in the 19th game of the decider.

"He came up with some great shots when he was behind in games today," Murray said.

"I thought both of us served a little bit better. It was a good finish to the match."

Murray, a two-time grand slam champion, crouched down and clenched both fists after hitting a two-handed backhand winner on Kohlschreiber's second serve with the score at 15-40 in the 22nd game.

He made light of a disturbed night's sleep of barely five hours.

"I was kind of ready to play at 4 or 5 in the morning," he said.

"When you know you have to come back and it's 7-all the next day and every single point counts, basically you need to get off to a big start. You're obviously going to be a bit anxious."

He will get a longer rest before playing No. 24 Fernando Verdasco of Spain, who easily beat 12th-seeded Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-3 6-2 6-3.

Murray leads Verdasco 9-1 in their career head-to-heads but they have never met on clay.

Tomas Berdych used his serve to great effect to see off John Isner. Source: AFP

Meanwhile, sixth seed Tomas Berdych has reached the French Open quarter-finals for the second time with a 6-4 6-4 6-4 win over America's 10th seed John Isner.

Berdych was a semi-finalist in 2010, beating Isner on the way in straight sets in the third round.

Isner was bidding to become the first American man to reach the quarter-finals in Paris since Andre Agassi in 2003 but he was out-served by 28-year-old Berdych who hit 11 aces to his opponent's seven.

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