Murray Fights Through the Pain to Advance.

PARIS -- The quest for a first Grand Slam title is best pursued upright. But there was Andy Murray, flat on his stomach on a towel at the French Open, wincing repeatedly as a trainer worked on his ailing back during an injury timeout midway through the first set. The quest for a first Grand Slam title is best pursued on the run. But there was the fourth-seeded Murray, unable to muster much more than a stagger, allowing Jarkko Nieminen's routine shots to fly past him for winners on Thursday afternoon. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]