And Ilhan went on to take the third set in style with a 7-0 whitewash in the tie-break.
With service dictating, the Canadian and Serbian looked in trouble in the tie-break before edging the first set.
But he did not rule out an extraordinary turn around in the tie.
When he slipped a mini-break down in the tie-break it looked like the missed opportunitues would tell for Murray.
Sixth seed Pliskova, 18, came back from 4-1 down in the tie-break to seal victory in one hour 20 minutes.
That was harsh on the former Manchester United keeper after a performance that kept his team in the tie at times.
He looked set for an eighth defeat when trailing 6-5 in the tie break before forcing the match into a third set.
Two rain breaks in the second set disrupted Ivanisevic's rhythm but some careful baseline rallying in the tie-break forced errors from Youzhny.
His serving was incredible and he showed great maturity in the tie-breaks.
At that stage, things looked grim for Fulham but they were soon back in the tie thanks to a huge slice of luck.
The Briton battled through a tight opening set in the tie-break after dropping serve three times and went on to dominate the second set.
She was broken in the seventh game of the second set, but pegged it back to 5-5 before losing her way in the tie-break.
Leading 2-1 from the first leg in the Spanish capital, Atletico went further ahead in the tie as Adrian Lopez scored a fine individual goal.
In the tie-break, Burton and Morgan saved one match point but could not stop the next one and lost the first set in 56 minutes.
The striker's struggles continued, however, and he was hauled off at half-time after Javier Hernandez doubled United's lead in the tie moments before the break.
In the tie-break Novak raced into a 6-2 lead and although Henman fought off a couple of set points he was only delaying the inevitable.
The Swiss star, who is closing on Pete Sampras's record of 286 weeks at No. 1, needed to save a set-point at 6-5 in the tie-break.
Agassi showed his class to break Henman again, and in the tie-break the Briton spurned four match points before the American held his nerve to seal the match.
"I thought I could have done a bit more in the tie-break, tried to be more aggressive, but she's number four in the world for a reason, " said Robson.
Lopez weathered five break points in the eighth game of the first set and also saved a set point, but was unable to take his chance in the tie-break.
On the second of a pair of match points in the tie-break the line judge called Federer's drive in, a decision which would have given him a straight sets win.
This gentleman there in the back, in the tie.
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Wolfsburg came into the game full of confidence following Alexander Madlung's late header in the first leg, which had given them a priceless away goal and a strong foothold in the tie.
But Sharapova's nerve soon returned as she took an early lead in the tie-break which she never relinquished to seal a win over the Czech who beat her in last year's Wimbledon final.
The world No. 59 could have won in straight sets after leveling at 6-6 in the tie-break, but held his nerve to break Djokovic in the final game of the decider to triumph.
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Well took the lead in the tie three minutes later when Forbes sent Slane clear from inside his own half and Murphy tucked home the rebound after the winger's shot hit the post.
It was a fabulous opening salvo in the tie and the Fulham fans threatened to raise the roof at Craven Cottage, but their joy was soon tempered as Shakhtar gained a foothold in the game.
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