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British No. 1 Andy Murray remained upbeat after seeing a third-set blip almost de-rail his French Open dreams.

The 23-year-old recovered from losing the third set to love to beat 25th seed Marcos Baghdatis in four sets and seal his place in the fourth round. The manner of the Scot's third-set capitulation soured what had been an otherwise impressive performance but the No. 4 seed refused to allow the set overshadow his progress.

"I didn't play a very good set - that's it," Murray said. "I made mistakes. He hit the ball well. I am trying to focus on the rest of the match, which was very good. Once I got the break in the first set I started playing some really good tennis and finished really well.

"My legs felt fine. I just got off to a bad start in the third, got broken a couple of times. It's not like you're not trying. You want to make sure you're fresh right to the end of the match. I made a few more mistakes than normal at the end of the set.

"He's a difficult guy to play against because he's a great shot-maker and very unpredictable, so you need to be focused all the time and I wasn't in the third set.

"I conserved some energy, went for more than normal and made a few more mistakes at the end of the set. Once I got back in it at the beginning of the fourth set, once I got the break back, I started hitting the ball a lot better."

Despite playing three days in a row, Murray insisted he is feeling fit ahead of his next match on Sunday and is fully aware of the threat posed by his fourth-round opponent Tomas Berdych.

"It's tough, sometimes it happens in Slams and you just need to deal with it, but I'll be fine for the next match.

"He (Berdych) has had some good results this year, in Miami and Monte Carlo," Murray said. "I haven't actually played him for ages. I played him when I was very young. He obviously beat (John) Isner pretty easily so it's going to be pretty tough. He's a big guy, big serve, hits the ball hard and flat, low percentage tennis. He doesn't feel uncomfortable going for his shots."

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