Murray reaches last four after seeing off Mahut in Marseille

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The world number 11 edged out his French opponent 7-5 7-6 (7-5) in just under an hour and a quarter.

Ace: Andy Murray's serve was too much for the Frenchman

The British number one will now meet another Frenchman as he awaits the winner of the clash between Gilles Simon and number eight seed Paul-Henri Mathieu.

Both players exhibited a strong serve with Murray serving 14 aces, four more than his 26-year-old opponent.

The match went with serve in the first set before Mahut served to stay in the game at 5-4 before tying the match, and again at 6-5 when the Scot broke to win the set 7-5.

Murray then held serve to win the first game of the second set before Mahut did the same to level.

Mahut pushed his opponent to deuce in the third game but Murray held on and the match continued in the same manner with the pair trading quickfire games.

The 21-year-old Scot then won the ninth game to love and Mahut found himself serving to stay in the match.

Murray moved to 40-15 to claim two match points but the home favourite reeled off three points for game point before the Briton hauled him back to deuce.

However, Mahut went back ahead and levelled the game at 5-5 but Murray held serve to go 6-5 up.

A close-fought 12th game saw Mahut squander a chance to level at game point but he held his nerve to draw level at 6-6 and forced a tie-break.

The Angers-born player won the first two points before Murray hit back for 4-2.

Mahut, though, hit back to level at 4-4 with his 10th ace of the game but Murray won the next two points to move to match point at 6-4.

He then clinched the match on his own serve to move into the last four.