Andy Murray reacts. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
PARIS (Reuters) - Andy Murray survived a nervy fifth-set decider against Czech veteran Radek Stepanek to complete a 3-6 3-6 6-0 6-3 7-5 comeback win and scrape into the French Open second round on Tuesday.
The second seed had been tormented by his 37-year-old opponent in the previous evening's gloom, being outplayed in the opening two sets before repairing some of the damage by the time bad light intervened with him leading 4-2 in the fourth set.
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