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Enlarge Photo Andy Murray of Britain plays a shot during his match against Juan Ignacio Chela of... Fourth seed Andy Murray continued doing things the hard way as he battled past gritty Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela to reach the third round of the French Open on Thursday with a 6-2 6-7 6-3 6-2 victory.The British player returned to Court One leading 6-2 3-3 after bad light had curtailed play the previous day but was pegged back when Chela stole an 80-minute second set on a tie-breaker.
Murray then went a break down in the third set but raised his game to strike back and Chela's dogged resistance wavered in the fourth as his opponent moved up a gear to clinch victory in three hours 30 minutes.
Marcos Baghdatis, a player he has lost to on both their previous meetings, awaits in the next round for Murray who recovered from a two-set deficit in the first round against Frenchman Richard Gasquet.
(Reporting by Martyn Herman; editing by Miles Evans. To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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