Murray through to Q-final in Madrid

MADRID: Andy Murray battled his way into the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters with a 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(8/6) victory over 16th seed Gilles Simon in just shy of three hours.

The world number three started in the worst possible fashion as he was broken in the opening game and Simon went onto break again as he comfortably took the first set 6-2.

Murray seemed to have turned the match around when he took the second, after being down an early break, 6-4 and then surged 3-0 ahead in the third.

However, Simon broke back to level at 3-3 and then saved three match points to take the set to a tie-break.

The Scot though eventually got the job done with his sixth match point in the tie-break to set up a meeting with Tomas Berdych in the last eight. (AFP)