Andy Murray Beats Lukas Rosol to March into Munich Open Semifinals
Andy Murray, the top seed, will take on Spanish third seed Roberto Bautista, who bounced back after a first set loss to beat Victor Estrella.
- Agence France-Presse
- Updated: May 02, 2015 05:02 PM IST
Top-seeded Andy Murray hit back from a set down to defeat Lukas Rosol 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 and reach the semi-finals of the rain-hit Munich Open on Saturday.
In the last four he will take on tough Spanish third seed Roberto Bautista, who also had to bounce back after a first set loss to beat Victor Estrella of the Dominican Republic 4-6, 6-0, 6-0
The two other quarter-finals in the second half of the draw see Dominic Thiem take on Gerald Melzer and Philipp Kohlschreiber go up against David Goffin. (Federer Battles Past Gimeno-Traver to Istanbul Semis)
Torrential rain washed out all four quarter-finals on Friday, leaving both the quarter-finals and semis to be played on Saturday.
Bidding for his first ATP World Tour clay-court crown, Murray led 4-1 in the first set before Rosol turned in a furious rally to take the opener.
The world number three regrouped quickly though and he claimed 12 of the next 15 games for the win in exactly two hours.
The Scot, playing for the first time since his marriage, will seek his second head-to-head victory over Bautista Agut in the semis, having previously triumphed in straight sets in the Wimbledon third round last year.
The Spaniard is in search of his second clay-court title, having won his maiden tour-level title on German soil in Stuttgart in 2014.