DAILY NEWS: Andy Murray v Juan Ignacio Chela

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First set: *Murray 1-0 Chela: The BBC cut to the match which is already in progress. Andy Murray won the toss and elected to serve and is 40-30 up. He hits a forehand into the net to allow Chela even things up at deuce, but then wins the next two points to hold his first service game.

Not long now: And already we have an email pointing out my shortcomings as a tennis commentator: ""Oopsie," writes Lindsay Waero. "Andy didn't play a gruelling five-setter yesterday. He played one set." Gah! It's been a while since I've written one of these - be gentle.

Preamble: With an injured ankle that's forced him on to a diet of pain-killing and anti-inflammatory pills so large we're likely to hear him rattling as he walks on to court, No4 seed Andy Murray takes on unseeded Argentinian Juan Ignacio Cela in the quarter-final of the French Open this afternoon.

Murray sustained his injury in his fourth round victory over Michael Berrer from Germany and has since hobbled his way to a heroic cvictory against Serbia's Viktor Troicki, in which he came from two sets down to secure his quarter-final berth.

His opponent today is an experienced journeyman has made the last eight in French Open for just the second time and has never progressed further than the last eight in one of the sport's majors. His win-loss ratio this year is a fairly ordinary 17-12, but this is his best showing in a grand slam event since 2004, when he made the last eight of the US Open.

Murray and Chela have met seven times previously, with the Scot having prevailed six times. But Chela is bound to fancy his chances of this afternoon, considering his opponent played a gruelling five-setter yesterday on an dodgy ankle. Interestingly, the bookies have priced up Chela at 5-1 to win this match, which may well be worth a speculative punt.

Barry Glendenning

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