Murray into fourth round at French Open

June 02, 2014 00:00:00

PARIS: Girlfriend of Great Britain\'s Andy Murray, Kim Sears, cheers as she attends the French tennis Open third round match between Andy Murray and Germany\'s Philipp Kohlschreiber at the Roland Garros stadium here Saturday. — AFP Photo

PARIS, June 1 (AFP): Andy Murray reached the fourth round of the French Open on Sunday with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 12-10 win over Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany.

The match had been held over from Saturday evening with the match tied at 7-7 in the fifth set.

Murray will next play Fernando Verdasco for a place in the quarter-finals after the Spaniard defeated Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 in another match held over from Saturday.

Murray had seen winning positions evaporate late Saturday as he led 4-2 in the fourth set and 2-0 in the fifth and he looked up to the heavens after missing a match point at 9-8 on the resumption.