Nottingham Open: Former world No. 1 Andy Murray passed a stern test from Dominic Stricker to reach the semi-final of Nottingham Open, here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The Scot Murray is yet to drop a set this week after defeating Stricker 7-6(2), 7-5 in the Rothesay Open quarter-finals on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Murray lost just one point behind his first serve in the opening set to gain an advantage on the 20-year-old. Despite trailing 1-3 in the second set, he fought back and earned a decisive break in the 11th game before closing out the match in one hour, 48 minutes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"Really, really tight match today against one of the best young players in the world.He has a really good game, huge shots from the back of the court but also a really nice touch up at the net," Murray said in his on-court interview.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I thought in the first-set tie-break I played really well, and came up with some really good passing shots to get me that tie-break. In the second set, I think when I broke back immediately when he went 3-1 up, I think it gave me the momentum back and I felt like I was creating a lot of chances. That's the best I've played across the last two weeks in terms of how I hit the ball and that was really positive," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The three-time major champion has won 13 of his past 14 Challenger-level matches, including title runs in Aix-en-Provence and last week in Surbiton.<\/p>\r\n\r\n