Murray relieved to survive

Big-hitting Dutchman Robin Haase always looked a tricky assignment but no one could have foreseen the drama that saw Murray battle back from a poor two sets to take complete control, only for his opponent to nearly stage the most remarkable of comebacks.

The fourth seed won 13 games in a row to lead 4-0 in the fifth, with Haase looking out on his feet and struggling with pain in his right leg, but somehow he found the energy to win four games in a row only for Murray to take it on his third match point.

"Even when he started coming back, I wasn't panicking, I wasn't getting frustrated. I just stayed focused and managed to turn it around."
Andy Murray Quotes of the week

After his 6-7 (5-7) 2-6 6-2 6-0 6-4 victory, Murray said: "It was an unbelievable ending to the match. I'm just glad I'm in the next round and get a chance to improve and play better and give myself a chance."

Cool head

While his fans may have been fearing the worst as the fifth set reached its conclusion, Murray, who qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London with his victory, insisted: "That's when I felt my calmest.

"Even when he started coming back, I wasn't panicking, I wasn't getting frustrated. I just stayed focused and managed to turn it around.

"It's just one of those matches where anything could have happened at the end. I just stayed a little bit tougher than him and got the win."

It was the sixth time in his career Murray has come back from two sets down, and he added: "It does help to know physically you can get through the match. That's really the main thing. You always feel like you can turn the match round in terms of the tennis."

The Scot now has a day off in which to work out how to avoid such drama when he faces Spain's Feliciano Lopez in the third round tomorrow.