Murray in the hunt for Shanghai
Murray in the hunt for Shanghai 
Former Australian Captain November 01, 2007
ANDY Murray turned around a tiebreak to keep his dream of the Masters Cup alive with a 7-6 (7/5), 6-3 victory over Jarkko Nieminen to reach the third round of the Paris Indoor Masters.
The British No.1 kept pace with his rivals for the year-end championship, which begins in Shanghai on November 11, as he recovered from 3-5 down in a first-set decider.
Murray, who edged up a spot to
provisional 10th in the chase through his win in 1hr 37min, will face a test on Thursday against the winner from French court magician Fabrice Santoro and Serb Novak Djokovic, already into the eight-man field in China.
Two positions remain to complete the year-end lineup with 14 men still in with a chance.
Murray is lying amidst a group of rivals including Spain’s Tommy Robredo, Czech Tomas Berdych, and American James Blake.
German Tommy Haas stands on provisional eighth place while number seven Fernando Gonzalez missed a chance to clinch a spot after losing in the second round to Mikhail Youzhny.
Murray forced Nieminen, last week’s Basle finalist against Roger Federer, to save seven break points in the first set.
But the Finn earned a 5-3 lead in the tiebreaker only to lose it. In the second, he broke for 3-1 but immediately lost the edge as Murray swept the last four games.
Agence France-Presse