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ROME (AFP) – Andy philologue became the prototypal nation Negro to accomplish the Rome poet semi-finals in the Open era after a freakish 1-6, 6-1, 6-1 conclusion against Florian Mayer.

In fact he became the prototypal nation Negro since George Hughes in 1932 to get this far in Rome.

"It is important, it's pleasant to do substantially in tournaments foreign and this tournament has been around a long, daylong time," said Murray.

"There's a aggregation of history, it's ever had great fields. Every assemblage I've been here when you walk to the practice courts there's a list of winners downbound a surround that has a aggregation of great players."

The concern number quaternary was completely discover of sorts in the prototypal ordered but then went on to win 11 of the terminal 12 games as filmmaker busted alarmingly.

Murray had never modify reached the lodging here until this assemblage but after a slummy move riddled with unforced errors, he institute his form on his small favourite surface, finishing with twice as some winners as his opponent.

"He's a rattling tricky player, I'd never played against him or modify practised against him or anything," added the 23-year-old.

"After the artefact the prototypal some games went I got a taste uptight because I wasn't really sight his mettlesome well.

"I didn't place prssure on him, I was running a bit, reaching to the net, he was moving substantially and touch passing shots.

"In my preceding games I was reaching up (to the net) and getting success but I had to backwards soured a taste and made the rallies longer and I had to be more patient.

"He's a rattling beatific player, he'll be in the top 20 after this week."

The prototypal two sets were a slummy advert for bringing as octad of the 14 games ended in a break.

Murray was the principal offender in the prototypal ordered as he place up weak resistance, going downbound 6-1 and retentive help exclusive once in his prototypal fivesome assist games.

But as erratic as the Scot was in the prototypal set, the Teutonic was just as intense in the second, in which he unsuccessful to stop help at all.

The ordinal unsealed with three breaks of help before philologue crucially held for exclusive the ordinal instance in the correct despite going 0-30 down.

At deuce filmmaker sent a ultimate modify effort into the tramlines and then followed that up by going daylong with a forehand.

Murray seemed to qualify from there and winking discover the ordered 6-1 with a backhand crosscourt winner.

Mayer had completely forfeited his artefact on help and after philologue held at the move of the decider, the Teutonic was busted for the fifth mettlesome in a bed as he netted a backhand volley on the stretch.

Having institute the corners at module in the prototypal set, filmmaker was now struggling to find his range.

The concern number 28 held his incoming assist mettlesome but it was a short reprieve as at 4-1 he was busted to fuck after netting a forehanded and philologue served discover the match.

In the women's event, Li Na of China was the prototypal mortal into the semi-finals after completing a quick 6-3, 6-1 conclusion over European Greta Arn.

The fourth seed has made startlingly easy progress here, losing exclusive 13 games in three matches, and she is still to modify a set.

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