Elsewhere, French eighth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga suffered a shock defeat by Jerzy Janowicz, going down 6-4 7-6.

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Tursunov saw off Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 7-6 1-6 7-5, while Czech star Berdych overcame Poland's Jerzy Janowicz 6-3 6-7 6-3.

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Having trailed 2-1 overnight, British hopes were revived when Andy Murray beat Jerzy Janowicz 6-3 6-4 6-3 in the penultimate singles match.

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Elsewhere at the Foro Italico, rising Polish player Jerzy Janowicz upset eighth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 7-6 (5) and celebrated by ripping his shirt apart and tossing the pieces to the crowd.

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No. 10 Nicolas Almagro and No. 16-ranked Kei Nishikori also moved on while No. 24 Jerzy Janowicz of Poland rallied from two sets down to overpower India's Somdev Devvarman 6-7 (10), 3-6, 6-1, 6-0, 7-5.

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The defeat means that both Murray and Dan Evans must win Sunday's reverse singles matches against Jerzy Janowicz and Michal Przysiezny respectively but captain John Lloyd is confident Evans can meet the challenge, despite his defeat in Friday's singles.

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