Murray fights back for victory

Andy Murray overcame a sluggish start to claim a 4-6 6-2 6-4 victory over Filippo Volandriin the first round of the Qatar Open at Doha.

The Scot, who is fourth seed in the ATP event, looked out of sorts early on after losing the first set, but hit back to win the remaining two in confident fashion.

Murray lost a loose first set 4-6 as Volandri found his feet with a number of impressive winners.

Both men were beaten on their own serve as the momentum shifted almost by the game, but it was the Italian who hit form at the right time - winning the last two games to go 1-0 up in the match.

Murray came back well in the second set, despite a strong opening game from Volandri. The 19-year-old, beaten at the baseline on a number of occasions in the opening set, advanced to the net early in the game only to see Volandri better him with a fine passing shot.

The Italian won that game, his third in a row, but after that Murray produced some of his best tennis holding his own serve and breaking twice to go 4-1 up.

The Scot served out again to make it 5-1, leaving Volandri with a tricky service game to save the set.

He narrowly won that but could not stop Murray levelling the scores in the next game, wrapping up a 6-2 win in the second set.

Volandri saw his serve broken again in the fifth game of the third set but Murray held firm in the following game, coming back from break point to establish a 4-2 advantage.

It was a lead he did not look like losing as he went on to win the third 6-4 and book his place in the second round.