Murray battles past aggressive Golubev

Wimbledon champion Andy Murray battled past Andrey Golubev in four sets to mark his return to the French Open at Rolland Garros yesterday.

Murray, who missed the tournament last year through injury, began well but got bogged down in heavy conditions and dropped the third set before recovering to win 6-1 6-4 3-6 6-3.

The British number one will now play Australian Marinko Matosevic or German-Jamaican Dustin Brown in the second round. Said Murray: “He’a a tough player. He’s aggressive, he puts you on the back foot early. I tried to be patient. It was quite windy, especially at the start. I didn’t go for my shots too much and finally got the win.”