Andy Murray progressed to the second round of the French Open after defeating Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev.
Murray looked in complete control when he moved into a two sets to love lead. Golubev foughtback in the third, as Murray won only 38% of points on his first serve, to take the match into a fourth set. It proved to be a temporary blip for Murray who retained control in the fourth to take the match 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Murray will now face Marinko Matosevic in the second round.
Doubles
Jamie Murray & John Peers (AUS) moved into the second round of the men's doubles with a 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(2) win over Vasek Pospisil (CAN) & Rajeev Ram (USA).
Meanwhile Ken Skupski and New Zealand partner Michael Venus missed out to Mate Pavic of Croatia & Brazilian Andre Sa 6-2, 6-3 in the opening round.
In the mixed doubles Dominic Inglot & Polish partner Klaudia Jans-Ignacik defeated Alicja Rosolska & Johan Brunstrom 6-4, 6-4 to move into the round two.
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