Murray recovers to seal semi spot

Andy Murray had to come from a set down to book his place in the semi-finals of the Qatar Open with a 2-6 6-2 6-2 victory over Max Mirnyi in Doha.

The first three games of the final set went with serve, but, after Murray had taken a 2-1 lead thanks to a love game, he then capitalised on three break points to establish a two-game cushion. Murray let slip the chance to finish off his opponent quickly, allowing his opponent to come back from 30-0 down against his serve to make it 4-2.

He almost compounded that error at 15-40 down in the next game, but he recovered superbly to move to the brink of taking the match and completed his comeback by breaking Mirnyi for a satisfying victory.