Britain's Andy Murray shook off the effects of a back injury that had taken him to the brink of elimination to pummel his way into the fourth round of the French Open with a 6-3 6-4 6-4 victory over Colombia's Santiago Giraldo on Saturday.
The number four seed's tournament had looked to be over when he needed three massages to treat his back during his second-round match against Jarkko Nieminen, but he showed no signs of discomfort as he made light work of Giraldo.
He broke in the sixth game of the first set and never looked like relinquishing control as his never-say-die defence and a series of rip-roaring forehands gradually wore down his opponent's fragile resilience.
Murray said he had felt better on Friday and had done some light practice.
"I woke up this morning again feeling better than I did, but that's because of the work my physio has done the last 48 hours and all the recovery work that we've done between the last match and now," he told a news conference.
"So obviously with the rest and doing all the right things, I felt better."
Murray will now face 17th seed Richard Gasquet's who was impressive in beaten Tommy Haas 6-7 6-3 6-0 6-0.
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