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MURRAY CRACKS TOP 100
Federer into last eight
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Andy Murray reached the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open on Thursday to become only the fourth British male in the last decade to break into the world's top 100.
Murray, 18, defeated fifth seed Robin Soderling in straight sets to reach the last eight in Bangkok.
The Scot was made to work hard for victory to reach his latest rankings milestone, a British feat matched only by Tim Henman, Greg Rusedski and Martin Lee in the last 10 years.
Murray took a 3-1 lead in the opening set, but was broken back to 3-3. He then broke the Swede again, but failed to serve out the set and instead had to go to a tie-break, which he stormed through to win 7-3.
The second set progressed just as tightly, neither player able to pull away for the first six games. The pair traded breaks as first Soderling went 4-3 ahead before Murray broke back to level 4-4.
This set things up for the second tie-break of the day, and again Murray dominated to win 7-5.
Murray had earlier beaten George Bastl, also in straight sets, in the first round, and will now be looking towards his quarter-final clash against third seed Robby Ginepri, who defeated Nicolas Thomann 6-3 7-6.
This marks a huge milestone in the runaway career of Murray, who only broke onto the ATP circuit in April of this year.
He was then ranked 397th in the world, but since then he has won two Challenger titles, as well as enjoying decent runs at Wimbledon and the US Open to lift him into the world's elite.
Murray - milestone passed (Getty Images). </CENTER>MURRAY CRACKS TOP 100
Federer into last eight
Click here for all the latest tennis results
Andy Murray reached the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open on Thursday to become only the fourth British male in the last decade to break into the world's top 100.
Murray, 18, defeated fifth seed Robin Soderling in straight sets to reach the last eight in Bangkok.
The Scot was made to work hard for victory to reach his latest rankings milestone, a British feat matched only by Tim Henman, Greg Rusedski and Martin Lee in the last 10 years.
Murray took a 3-1 lead in the opening set, but was broken back to 3-3. He then broke the Swede again, but failed to serve out the set and instead had to go to a tie-break, which he stormed through to win 7-3.
The second set progressed just as tightly, neither player able to pull away for the first six games. The pair traded breaks as first Soderling went 4-3 ahead before Murray broke back to level 4-4.
This set things up for the second tie-break of the day, and again Murray dominated to win 7-5.
Murray had earlier beaten George Bastl, also in straight sets, in the first round, and will now be looking towards his quarter-final clash against third seed Robby Ginepri, who defeated Nicolas Thomann 6-3 7-6.
This marks a huge milestone in the runaway career of Murray, who only broke onto the ATP circuit in April of this year.
He was then ranked 397th in the world, but since then he has won two Challenger titles, as well as enjoying decent runs at Wimbledon and the US Open to lift him into the world's elite.
