The Scottish third seed, who remains unbeaten on clay since
getting married in early April, prevailed 7-6 6-2 5-7 6-1 over the
former Roland Garros runner-up in just over three hours on Court Suzanne
Lenglen.
In a contest where both players struggled to assert authority on their own serve, Murray’s proactive approach paid dividends against the Spaniard nicknamed the ‘road runner.’
After a first set that swung both ways, Murray won a crucial tiebreak, and despite a blip in the third set, regained his control to ultimately add gloss to the scoreline.
Djokovic illustrated his current stranglehold over the men’s
game in the day’s other quarter-final encounter, dismantling nine-times
champions Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-3 6-1 in imperious fashion.
The contest was billed as a clash of the titans given Nadal’s daunting record in Paris; the Spaniard having lost just once at the calendar's second grand slam in his career.
But Djokovic was quick to grab the momentum, racing into a 4-0 lead in the first set before eventually closing it out after Nadal showed briefed signs of fight.
Nadal, though, has never really recovered from crippling back injuries and this humbling defeat suggests a changing of the guard on a surface he has dominated for so long.
In the women’s event, there were straight sets wins for number one seed Serena Williams and Timea Bacsinszky as they booked their semi-final berths.
In a contest where both players struggled to assert authority on their own serve, Murray’s proactive approach paid dividends against the Spaniard nicknamed the ‘road runner.’
After a first set that swung both ways, Murray won a crucial tiebreak, and despite a blip in the third set, regained his control to ultimately add gloss to the scoreline.
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The contest was billed as a clash of the titans given Nadal’s daunting record in Paris; the Spaniard having lost just once at the calendar's second grand slam in his career.
But Djokovic was quick to grab the momentum, racing into a 4-0 lead in the first set before eventually closing it out after Nadal showed briefed signs of fight.
Nadal, though, has never really recovered from crippling back injuries and this humbling defeat suggests a changing of the guard on a surface he has dominated for so long.
In the women’s event, there were straight sets wins for number one seed Serena Williams and Timea Bacsinszky as they booked their semi-final berths.
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