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Andy Murray came through another five-set epic at the French Open as he saw off the challenge of home favourite Gael Monfils to book a date with defending champion Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals. 

It was one way traffic almost throughout the first two sets as Murray silenced Court Philippe Chatrier, with Monfils looking down and out before engineering a stunning comeback to level the match.

However Murray proceeded to produce what surely must be his best ever set on clay, at just the right time. A crucial hold and then an even more important break gave Murray the momentum again.

 Another break put him 4-0 up and he saw out the set to love, reaching his second ever Roland Garros semi-final with a 6-4 6-1 4-6 1-6 6-0 win.

His reward is a semi-final on Friday against Nadal, who was briefly in a difficult spot against David Ferrer. 

For the first time in this year's tournament, Nadal dropped a set. And this had to be on Nadal's mind: His opponent could present real problems. Not only is Ferrer the world No.5, and not only was he the runner-up at Roland Garros a year ago —  to Nadal, of course — but he also beat Nadal on clay the last time they played each other.

How did Nadal handle this test? Perfectly. From late in the second set, he won 10 games in a row, and 13 of 14 the rest of the way, to come back and beat Ferrer 4-6 6-4 6-0 6-1.