LONDON, (Reuters) – Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller produced an astonishing Houdini act to reach the quarter-finals of the Aegon Championships, saving 10 match points to beat seventh seed John Isner yesterday.
Muller, ranked 41, came through a marathon second-set tiebreak 18-16 having lost the opener and edged the deciding set tiebreaker 9-7 to seal an unlikely victory.
American Isner launched 43 aces but Muller, who banged down 26 of his own, refused to bow down. His escape was only one short of the ATP record for match points saved in a victory.
It was far more straightforward for top seed Andy Murray who eased past fellow Briton Aljaz Bedene 6-3 6-4.
