Andy Murray of Britain reacts after winning his men's singles match against Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris May 27, 2014. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
PARIS (Reuters) - Andy Murray was just pleased to be Mr Reliable and swerve a first-round banana skin at the French Open on Tuesday as he avoided the fate suffered by two other reigning grand slam champions.
The seventh seed, who will attempt to defend his Wimbledon crown next month, was fully tested by some explosive baseline power from Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev but survived a minor scare to win 6-1 6-4 3-6 6-3.
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