May 13th, 2009 by Peter Bevan

Andy Murray had a tough opening game in the ATP Madrid Masters against Simone Bolelli, but Andy Murray is through to the third round winning 7-6, 6-4.

It was a fairly even in the first set, with Simone Bolelli and Andy Murray winning all their service games. Both had a break point each but failed to convert.

A first set tie break followed where both Andy Murray and Simone Bolelli started to struggle on their serve.

Andy Murray and Simone Bolelli made a series of mistakes during the tie-break, however,  Andy Murray eventually won the tie break 11-9.

Again in the second set, games were won with serve. Andy Murray faced two break points but saved them both.

Later, Simone Bolelli saved one match point by serving an ace, but could not save the second match point and the match slipped away from him.

A break point win from Andy Murray proved to be the difference so Andy Murray progresses into the ATP Madrid Masters third round.

Andy Murray is still in with the chance of defending his Madrid Masters title despite playing on a clay surface this year after the tournament was played on a hard surface last year.

Andy Murray’s third round opponent is Tommy Robredo. Tommy Robredo beat Mardy Fish in his second round match. Another second round match winner was number two seed Roger Federer who defeated Robin Soderling in straight  sets. Roger Federer will now face either James Blake or Ivo Karlovic.

Also in the second round of the ATP Madrid Masters, Fernando Verdasco won the all-Spanish affair by beating Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 6-2. However, number nine seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga lost 6-4, 7-5 to wild card entry Ivan Ljubicic.

Due to play their opening games of the ATP Madrid Masters later today, world number one Rafael Nadal takes on Jurgen Melzer, number five seed Juan Martin del Potro faces Tomas Berdych, and number six seed Andy Roddick is up against Tommy Haas.

Also, recent Serbia Open champion Novak Djokovic will try to claim the third seed position back from Andy Murray with his opening game of the ATP Madrid Masters against Oscar Hernandez.

The next Grand Slam tournament after this month’s French Open is the 2009 Wimbledon tennis championships. British tennis fans can catch their favourite players in action at Wimbledon, which takes place from June 22.

The world’s top seeded players will also be in action in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in November, being held in the London O2 Arena.

Wimbledon tickets and tickets for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals are available to compare at tixdaq.com.