Last Updated: Friday, 30 September 2005, 06:27 GMT 07:27 UK Murray faces Ginepri in Bangkok http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/4296354.stm Britain's Andy Murray plays American Robby Ginepri for a place in the Thailand Open semi-finals on Friday. The 18-year-old Scot goes into the match having already achieved his aim of breaking into the world's top 100 before the end of the season. He made the breakthrough by beating fifth-seeded Swede Robin Soderling in straight sets in the second round. Third seed Ginepri, 22, is currently ranked 60th in the ATP Race and reached this year's US Open semi-finals. Murray is only the fourth British male to achieve a ranking in double figures since 1995. The feat guarantees him automatic entry to January's Australian Open. Murray hit the headlines for the first time in August 2004 when he won the US Open boy's singles title at Flushing Meadows. He went on to make his ATP debut in April, when he was ranked just 397th, before a stunning third-round run at Wimbledon led to many hailing him as the successor to long-time British number one Tim Henman. Since then he has won two Challenger circuit titles in the US. --

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