Hello and welcome to LIVE updates of the first of the men's semi finals at the 2017 French Open. World number one Andy Murray meets No.3 seed Stan Wawrinka in a repeat of last year's last four showdown. Can the Brit reach a second successive Roland Garros final or will 2015 winner, Stan the Man once again show his appetite for the big occasion? It's a mouthwatering prospect with the players due on Philippe-Chatrier court at 11.45 BST.

A. Murray vs S. Wawrinka | Roland-Garros

Men's Singles | Semi-final | 09.06.2017 | Paris

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S. Wawrinka (1)

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ByTom Adams

Updated 09/06/2017 at 15:40 GMT

BREAK! - MURRAY 7-6 3-6 6-5 WAWRINKA. Stan will be having nightmares about Murray's defence. The Scot gets to what seems like an easy overhead and Wawrinka makes the error at the net to tee up triple BP. The Swiss saves one, but Murray turns defence into attack with a slice down the line that his opponent dumps into the net. The World No.1 will now serve for the set!

MURRAY 7-6 3-6 5-5 WAWRINKA. Stan fires long on two occasions and allows Murray out of what could have been a pressure situation when he loops a defensive lob beyond the baseline. An easy hold for the Brit.

MURRAY 7-6 3-6 4-5 WAWRINKA. This is some tennis match. Murray works hard to tee up double BP but wastes both with uncharacteristic misses. Stan blasts down a third ace of the contest and pulls off an important hold with an emphatic overhead to finish.

You said it, Pat!

MURRAY 7-6 3-6 4-4 WAWRINKA. Muzza wins the one of the points of the match at 15-15 as he follows up a drop shot with a lob and a slice volley to finish. He then produces stunning defence before forcing an error on the volley at the net from Stanimal with a pass on the stretch. Wawrinka sizzles wide with a crosscourt forehand in the concluding rally and the Scot somehow snares the hold to 15. Incredibly, Murray is level in this set.

BREAK! - MURRAY 7-6 3-6 3-4 WAWRINKA. Smart defence earns Murray two break point opportunities, but Wawrinka's precision power at key moments proves too good. Murray refuses to let him wriggle free and cracks a scorching, crosscourt backhand winner to break back at the third attempt from deuce. Wonderful resilience from Murray who keeps on battling despite being on the back foot for long spells in this contest.

Will this big error cost Muzza the set?

BREAK! - MURRAY 7-6 3-6 2-4 WAWRINKA. Murray's revival ends prematurely. The World No.1 can only watch Wawrinka wave that trademark wand for a winner down the line before dragging a crosscourt backhand wide. The Scot somehow saves double break point and then a third from deuce, but he gifts it to Stanimal on his fourth opportunity with a glaring miss at the net.

He certainly did - but can he back it up?

BREAK! - MURRAY 7-6 3-6 2-3 WAWRINKA. Stan's purple patch begins to wane - and a re-focused Murray bites back! The Scot works his way into the game by winning a face-off at the net for 15-30 and goes on to force deuce. Stan blazes inches wide on Muzza's left flank and the Scot attacks from the off on the next point, luring the error out of a stretched Wawrinka.

MURRAY 7-6 3-6 1-3 WAWRINKA. Murray stops the rot with a much better service game for the loss of one point. 'Come on,' he says to himself. Can one of the game's great fighters work his way back into this?

MURRAY 7-6 3-6 0-3 WAWRINKA. Make that seven in a row for Wawrinka. Murray tires to lift himself with a scream of 'Come on!' at 0-15, but the Swiss marauds through the next four points to consolidate with ease. Murray in big trouble.

BREAK! - MURRAY 7-6 3-6 0-2 WAWRINKA. Stan beginning to pull away from a World No.1 who is looking sluggish right now. It's a sixth straight game and another break as Muzza fizzes just wide looking to make the sanctuary of deuce.

Murray needs to lift himself like Stan did in the second set. One-way traffic right now.

MURRAY 7-6 3-6 0-1 WAWRINKA. Murray struggling to combat a Stanimal who is on fire right now. The Swiss motors to a love hold and has the scoreboard advantage at the start of set 3.

SET! - MURRAY 7-6 3-6 WAWRINKA. Murray's level drops as Stan's continues to rise and the Brit is inevitably broken for a second time as a 30-15 lead evaporates. Stan seals the set at his first opportunity, brutally crunching a forehand return beyond the hapless Muzza.

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