REUTERS: Andy Murray battled past Romanian qualifier Marius Copil 6-3 6-7 6-4 at the European Open in Antwerp on Friday to reach his first singles semi-final in two years.
Up next for the 32-year-old is Guido Pella or Ugo Humbert who were in action in the other quarter-final. A double fault by the Briton handed Copil the break and the Romanian took full advantage to drag the contest into a decider after edging the second set in a tiebreak.The pair were locked at 4-4 in the final set before Murray switched gears to close out the victory in style, finishing it off with his ninth ace.
"I played a bad game at 5-3 in the second set and after that I think he gained a lot of confidence. He served extremely well.
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