Murray can clear Czech with minimum of fuss

Murray has never won all three round-robin matches at the O2Credit: Getty Images

Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga thrilled the Centre Court crowd with tennis of the highest calibre on Wednesday evening but the Scot may find Czech Tomas Berdych easier to defeat than the mercurial Frenchman.

For the opening two sets of his quarter-final, Murray looked in control. He won the first after a lengthy tiebreak before dominating the second 6-1.

But Tsonga, ever the showman, staged an amazing fightback to take the match into a deciding set.

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Joe ChampionRacing Post Sport

Published on 7 July 2016inThe Ashes

Last updated 19:06, 7 July 2016

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