<img title="Britain&rsquo;s Andy Murray returns against Slovakia&rsquo;s Martin Klizan during the French Open second round at Paris yesterday. Pic/Getty ImagesBritain&rsquo;s Andy Murray returns against Slovakia&rsquo;s Martin Klizan during the French Open second round at Paris yesterday. Pic/Getty Images" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/jun/andy-play.jpg" alt="Britain&rsquo;s Andy Murray returns against Slovakia&rsquo;s Martin Klizan during the French Open second round at Paris yesterday. Pic/Getty Images" /> Britain&rsquo;s Andy Murray returns against Slovakia&rsquo;s Martin Klizan during the French Open second round at Paris yesterday. Pic/Getty Images
World No. 1 Andy Murray reached the French Open third round yesterday with a bruising 6-7 (3/7), 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) win over Martin Klizan of Slovakia. Murray will face Argentina&rsquo;s Juan Martin del Potro for a place in the last 16.
"I expected a tough match. Martin goes for his shots, he can hit winners with that forehand from anywhere on the court," said 2016 runner-up Murray. "I tried to play a solid match, I hit deeper the longer the match went on and tried to dictate the points."
<img title="Slovakia&rsquo;s Martin Klizan" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2017/jun/Martin-Klizan.jpg" alt="Slovakia&rsquo;s Martin Klizan" />Slovakia's Martin Klizan
Murray faced Del Potro in two epic encounters last year. He beat the Argentine in a marathon Olympic final before Del Potro, now 30 in the world, gained his revenge with a come-from-behind win in five sets in the Davis Cup semi-final.
"It will be very tough. Juan Martin is playing a lot better than his ranking," said Murray. "He&rsquo;s come back from injury and had some tough draws this year. It should be a great atmosphere."
Klizan smashed 57 winners on Thursday but 64 unforced errors as his all-or-nothing game proved in vain.
Wawrinka in Round 4 Meanwhile, third seed and 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka reached the French Open last 32 with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), 7-5 win over Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine. Wawrinka will face either Fabio Fognini or Andreas Seppi, both from Italy, for a place in the fourth round.
Curtains for Kyrgios Nick Kyrgios&rsquo; French Open ended in the second round when he lost 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 to big-serving Kevin Anderson of South Africa. Anderson, ranked at 56 in the world, made the most of the 18th-seeded Australian&rsquo;s 42 unforced errors to progress to the third round where he will face Britain's Kyle Edmund.
Bopanna advances India&rsquo;s Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski dished out a dominating show to make a positive start to their mixed doubles campaign yesterday.
The Indo-Canadian combo notched up a facile 6-0, 6-1 win over Australian pair of Jessica Moore and Matt Reid.

World No. 1 Murray huffs and puffs to 6-7 (3/7), 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) third-round win over Martin Klizan; sets up blockbuster clash with Argentina&rsquo;s Del Potro

French Open: Andy Murray stretched to limit in win against Martin Klizan

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World No. 1 Murray huffs and puffs to 6-7 (3/7), 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) third-round win over Martin Klizan; sets up blockbuster clash with Argentina&rsquo;s Del Potro

French Open: Andy Murray stretched to limit in win against Martin Klizan

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