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[caption id="attachment_2813" align="alignnone" width="580"] Andy Murray fights back in the first round. Image Source: File Pic[/caption]

Internet Desk: Andy Murray was digging deep to avoid a shock first-round loss to veteran Radek Stepanek when their French Open match was suspended because of bad light.

World number two Murray, who beat Novak Djokovic to win the Italian Open in his last match, lost the first two sets to the 37-year-old Czech qualifier. Murray survived a nervy fifth-set decider against Czech veteran Radek Stepanek to complete a 3-6, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 7-5 comeback win and scrape into the French Open second round on Tuesday. The second seed had been tormented by the 37-year-old Stepanek the previous evening, being outplayed in the opening two sets, but had repaired some of the damage before play was suspended with him leading 4-2 in the fourth set. On the resumption Murray survived two break points in his opening service game before levelling the match but a reinvigorated and inspired Stepanek refused to go away quietly, producing some inspired shot-making.

Swiss Wawrinka, 31, who beat Novak Djokovic in last year's final, eventually came through 4-6 6-1 3-6 6-3 6-4 in three hours and 11 minutes. Spain's Garbine Muguruza, last year's Wimbledon finalist, progressed with a 3-6 6-3 6-3 win over Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia. Play was delayed by more than two hours because of rain at Roland Garros. Tournament organisers were already facing a backlog of matches after only four hours of play were possible on Sunday because of rain.