'It was a good performance' - Andy Murray overcomes world No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas and advances to BOSS Open semi-finals

Andy Murray advanced to the BOSS Open semi-finals in Stuttgart after impressively overcoming world No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(4) 6-3 in a commanding display. It was a gripping encounter between the pair and Murray showed signs he could make a surge up the rankings again after dumping out the tournament’s top seed.

Ad/> The 35-year old came into the match following a 6-3 7-6 win over Alexander Bublik in the previous round, after knocking out Australian qualifier Christopher O'Connell. Roland-Garros'Our situations are different' — Murray on Nadal playing through pain to win French Open6 HOURS AGO This was to be a challenge on another level though, one which he passed with flying colours. Tsitsipas served to start the match and won the first game to love.

Murray battled back to win his service game from love-30 down. From that point, both were serving superbly and so the set inevitably went to a tie-break with no breaks of serve. There were only two break points in the set, one for each player that were both saved.

The tie-break stayed on serve until Murray got the first break point and had two serves to win the set – he aced the first and a long lob from Tsitsipas on the second helped the Scot clinch the set. Murray served at the start of the second set to take the opening game and the match stayed with serve, allowing him to lead 3-2. In the sixth game, he broke the Greek’s serve with a fantastic backhand shot to take advantage of the break point.

The former world No. 1 stretched his lead further by holding his serve in the next game to move 5-2 in front. Murray had two match points on the Tsitsipas serve, only to squander both.