But Murray clearly had other ideas and fought back aggressively to deuce before breaking serve when Garcia-Lopez clipped a forehand into the tramlines.

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The British number one then constructs another lovely point and Nadal looks beaten, but the Spaniard guesses correctly to stay in the rally and a shocked Murray pulls a forehand into the tramlines.

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In the end, it was Davydenko who brought the world number three back into the match with a poor game at 4-4, making a backhand error before going for too much on a cross-court forehand and dragging it into the tramlines on break point.

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Federer was increasingly forced into mistakes as he tried in vain to finish off the rallies quickly, with Murray finding a consistent depth with his groundstrokes and scrambling brilliantly, and after an errant call denied the Swiss at 1-2 and break point down, he then hammered a forehand into the tramlines on the replayed point.

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