Murray advances to ATP Challenger semis in France, plays lucky loser Mayot for place in the final

Former world No 1 and three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray is through to the semi-finals of this week’s Open Aix Provence Credit Agricole, an ATP Challenger event in France, after a straight sets win over rising French teen Luca Van Assche.

Murray, who went winless in Monte-Carlo and Madrid, saved two set points in the second set tiebreaker to complete the 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) win in straight sets and set up a semi-final clash against another French player, Harold Mayot.

Mayot, a lucky loser this week, defeated sixth seed Alexander Bublik 6-3, 6-1 in another quarter-final.

“It was a very tough end to the match, it could’ve gone either way,” Murray said as quoted by the ATP website. “Had it gone to a third set, it would’ve been tough for me, after a long match yesterday. I just managed to get over the line in the end. I did quite well considering I recovered well from yesterday, which is really positive.”

Top seed Tommy Paul and David Goffin will clash in the other semi-final. Paul, ranked No 17 in the world, scored a 6-4, 6-2 win over Austria’s Jurij Rodionov while Goffin, a former top 10 player now ranked 95th in the world, scored a 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) win over France’s Arthur Fils.

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