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French Open 2017: Andy Murray beats Andrey Kuznetsov to reach second round

By Daily Sports on May 31, 2017

Andy Murray avoided the fate of fellow world number one Angelique Kerber by coming through his first-round match at the French Open in four sets.

The Briton, 30, beat Russia's Andrey Kuznetsov 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-0.

Defeat for Murray would have seen both top seeds exit a Grand Slam in round one for the first time in the open era.

Fellow Briton Johanna Konta earlier lost to world number 109 Hsieh Su-Wei, while Kyle Edmund impressed in beating Portugal's Gastao Elias 6-3 6-2 7-5.

Murray goes on to face Slovakia's Martin Klizan, the world number 50, while Edmund will play either 12th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France or Argentina's Renzo Olivo.

Olivo was just a game away from knocking the Frenchman out of his home tournament when the match was stopped for bad light with the world number 91 leading 7-5 6-4 6-7 (6-8) 5-4.

"It was a decent start, considering how I played in the build-up," said Murray.

Fellow Briton Aljaz Bedene reached the second round on Monday and plays against Czech Jiri Vesely on Wednesday.

*Photo shows Andy Murray.

Source Daily Sports

Posted May 31, 2017