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Murray wins
Murray 6-4 7-5 6-3 Seppi
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Job done.
Andy Murray is romping now. Even when he loses points, he is demanding pinpoint precision from Andreas Seppi or missing clever angles by millimetres. Seppi is clinging on by his fingernails at 30-30, but Murray stomps out the dying embers of his challenge and he punches a double backhand out to clinch the second singles rubber.
GAME, SET AND MATCH
Murray 6-4 7-5 6-3 Seppi
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Andy Murray wins the second singles rubber, beating Andreas Seppi 6-4 7-5 6-3 to level the tie 1-1 against Italy.
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Murray 6-4 7-5 5-3 Seppi*
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Make that one hold away from levelling the tie. Andy Murray can sniff his stable and dusts off a love service game to send the balls back up Andreas Seppi's end. The spotlight is also back on the Italian, can he keep the surging Murray at bay?
Russell Fuller
BBC tennis correspondent live sports extra
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"I think there's very little doubt that it will be Murray playing with Colin Fleming in the doubles, subject to a quick health-check from Andy Murray. He got his knee caught up in the clay soon after today's resumption, but 'Plan A' is for Murray to team up with Fleming, and I think Murray wants to get the job done himself."
Murray breaks
*Murray 6-4 7-5 4-3 Seppi
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What a point! Andreas Seppi is retrieving from the ends of the earth at 30-30. Andy Murray lobs and the Italian improvises a frying-pan style return over his own head as he chases back. Murray wallops a smash down into the clay and out to the right and Seppi moonballs back from out wide. This time surely... No! Murray cracks his overhead into the net when Seppi looks like he is finally on his knees.
That Italian fans loved that. They don't love what follows. Murray gets a glint in his eye and rattle through the next three points, grinding his opponent to dust with some string-stretching hitting from the baseline, mixed with some slice and craft.
Murray is two holds away from levelling the tie.
Murray 6-4 7-5 3-3 Seppi*
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Andy Murray is back in the groove after a ropey start to the third set. Andreas Seppi has gone back into his shell as well. The off forehands that were causing Murray so many problems earlier today have dried up for the time being. Murray is looking classy off that wing though, finding corridors of space down the side of Seppi.
John Lloyd
Former British number one
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"Murray did well then to break back - his level had dropped a little in the third. Once he won the second set, I thought he'd go away with it and the opposite happened as Seppi opened his shoulders and got loose, which is dangerous. But Murray showed what a wonderful competitor he is by bouncing straight back with a break, and that's what separates the great players from the rest. There's still a long way to go here though."
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Murray breaks
*Murray 6-4 7-5 2-3 Seppi
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Andy Murray is back to make amends after that eyesore of a game.
A deft little pick-up sets up a second break point from deuce as Andreas Seppi skids in and clumps a clumsy forehand long. It is the Italian's turn for a spot of introspection as he rages against his own limitations.
Seppi has not collected his composure by the time he reaches the baseline and a double fault hands Murray the break back.
Dominic Inglot
British doubles player
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"As soon as Andy misses a few first serves, he lets it slip. Even when you're as good as Andy from the back of the court, if you're not making a high percentage of first serves, you give your an opponent a look."
Seppi breaks
Murray 6-4 7-5 1-3 Seppi*
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There is trouble brewing upstairs in the Andy Murray game. His groundstrokes are suddenly spraying, he is peeved by the time taken by the ballkids to get the balls and the VIPs to get their seats and his body language is not too polite.
Seppi breaks to 15 and Murray needs to knuckle down if he is to get back onto the masseuse's table in plenty of time ahead of this afternoon's doubles.
*Murray 6-4 7-5 1-2 Seppi
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Andy Murray has had enough of that end of the court. It is the one with a dodgy, soggy back corner and the Briton gives up on a ball that he could have slid after, but might have ended up knee-deep in the crumbly clay surface.
A casual forehand chop ends in the net as Murray gives way to love and heads for a sit-down en route to the opposite end.
Murray 6-4 7-5 1-1 Seppi*
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Ai ai ai! Andy Murray, with the whole court to aim at and the ball hanging enticingly in front of him at 30-30, crashes a volley into the top of the net. Murray under pressure and it is all of his own making. Break point Andrea Seppi.
Murray fixes up quick sharp though, thrashing away a high bounce inside the baseline. The ball homing in on the line perfectly there and the Scot is out of danger.
*Murray 6-4 7-5 0-1 Seppi
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Andreas Seppi holds, but Andy Murray has been crawling all over his serve and there is plenty of hope there that the Italian's serve might be ripe for the picking soon.
Seppi, still attracting some strong backing from the stands, signals his intention to keep fighting, but Murray sends a forehand zipping across the face of him for 30-30.
A bit of an irregular bounce foxes Seppi as he chases down a drop-shot and Murray has a break point at 30-40 to play with. Seppi sees it off, but is back in the deep stuff as a netted forehand give Murray another look at his serve and a break point.
Seppi summons up his courage and unleashes a pair of laser-guided forehands to give himself advantage. That is a useful shot for him, especially when he hits it to the Murray backhand.
It forces Murray deep to see off a third break point. Seppi is playing his best stuff when he has been backed up to the edge of defeat in the game. Finally the Italian gets over the line, swatting away a forehand volley with authority.
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