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.

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.

MURRAY 7-6 3-5 WAWRINKA. No repeat of the first set. Stan consolidates the break with a hold from deuce, despite a wobble from a commanding position at 30-0 up. The Swiss is one away from levelling the match at 1-1.

BREAK! - MURRAY 7-6 3-4 WAWRINKA. This time Stan makes the breakthrough. The Swiss has been battering Murray's defence and is gifted triple break point when Murray double faults. A scorching winner deep to the baseline seals an outstanding break to love and the World No.1 is in trouble in this set.

MURRAY 7-6 3-3 WAWRINKA. Murray left lamenting another fruitless foray into the net as he's passed by Stan on a point he should have won at 0-15. The No.3 seed accepts the reprieve and rattles through the next three points to easily level. This truly is a high-class, closely fought contest worthy of this stage.

MURRAY 7-6 3-2 WAWRINKA. The World No.1 is digging very deep at times as Stan launches wave after wave of attack. The Scot can only admire a trademark backhand winner down the line and a crosscourt forehand howitzer as the Swiss turns the screw to get to deuce. Murray has his chances to edge over the line, but struggles with depth and allows Wawrinka to pass him for the first BP of the set. It's saved with a super-charged first serve which is followed by a scream of 'Let's go!' Another big serve tees up the forehand winner to Stan's left flank and Muzza is clearly relieved to get through a big test unscathed on this occasion.

This was Murray's best moment of the match so far....

MURRAY 7-6 2-2 WAWRINKA. That will do Stan the Man a whole lot of good. The Swiss has started the set in determined mood and he gives the new balls a good pounding as he bulldozes to a love hold.

MURRAY 7-6 2-1 WAWRINKA. Murray doing enough to keep his nose in front. At 40-15 he guides long after a face-off at the net, but a horrible miscue from Stan seals the hold in the ensuing point.

This was Murray at his resilient best in the tie-break

MURRAY 7-6 1-1 WAWRINKA. Murray's defiant defence proving an almighty itch for Stan to scratch. The Swiss prods a poor volley long to give the Scot a sniff of the break at 15-30, but battles through the errors with some big hitting to level from deuce.

He might have won that first set, but this was a still a nice point for Wawrinka in the tie-break

MURRAY 7-6 1-0 WAWRINKA. Murray buoyed and in the zone right now. His point-by-tactics work a treat as he blazes to a hold to 15 to snare the scoreboard advantage at the beginning of set 2.

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SET! - MURRAY 7-6 WAWRINKA. Murray comes through a rollercoaster tie break 8-6 as Wawrinka fires into the net on a second serve. It was a titanic battle throughout a lung-bursting set lasting 68 minutes. It's a huge psychological boost for Muzza, but what will that do for Stanimal?

TB LATEST: Simply sensational from Murray. A ridiculous defence and a sublime crosscourt lob see him move 7-6 ahead. Murray will now serve for the set...

TB LATEST: Murray saves it! A deep return and Stan sizzles into the net. It's 6-6 and another change of ends.