5 best athletes for the week 23 May - 30 May

Andy Murray

Murray had two difficult matches before settling into the French Open this year

After a difficult start to the 2016 French Open, World No. 2 Andy Murray appears to finally have found his rhythm. After markedly increased success in on clay, the Scot was expected to do very well at Roland Garros, and had a relatively easy draw.

Despite this, the 29-year-old almost tumbled out of the tournament, starting off with great difficulty in his first round match against Czech doubles specialist Radek Stepanek.

That first round match was broken up into two halves following bad weather, with Murray down two sets to one and halfway through the fourth, looking to regain his momentum against a lower-ranked competitor.

The Scot eventually weathered conditions and with his stamina would end victorious to progress to the second round on the claycourts of Roland Garros, beating Stepanek in five sets.

Unfortunately for him, he was again taxed in his second round match, this time by local player Mathias Bourgue, who is at 164^th on the ATP rankings. After winning the first set off the young Frenchman, Murray lost the next two in quick succession, with the French player threatening to end his French Open hopes.

Again, Murray pulled off a five-set victory.

Following this, however, he appears to have regained momentum, playing big-serving Croat Ivo Karlovic and American John Isner, the tournament’s 15^th seed, both in straight sets to progress to the quarter-finals at the 2016 French Open.