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 An out-of-sorts Murray, who was playing his third rubber of the
weekend following Saturday's doubles victory alongside brother
Jamie, looked to be in trouble as he trailed Simon by a set and a
break.
Simon had two medical timeouts during the match following heavy
falls and Murray, a double grand slam winner, was able to capitalize
in front of partisan crowd at the sun-kissed Queen's Club in west
London.
The gritty Frenchman was able to continue despite the falls but was
severely limited in his movement and could only chase gingerly as
Murray moved him around the court with his pounding groundstrokes
and delicate dropshots.
Murray completely dominated the final set and sealed the victory
when Simon skewed a backhand wide.
"Obviously it feels unbelievable to get through that, it wasn't
looking great," Murray, who jumped around on court and punched the
air before sitting with his head in his hands, told the BBC.
"The whole weekend has been fantastic. This team has done amazing
things, we're punching above our weight here and we're now in the
semi-finals of the biggest team competition in tennis.
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"I'm just proud to be in this position and I hope we can do well in
September."
Britain will play Australia in the semi-finals after they recovered
from a 2-0 deficit to win 3-2 against Kazakhstan.
"It should be a great match," Murray added. "Australia have some top
young players and (Lleyton) Hewitt who has a lot of experience. It
will be fun and hopefully there'll be another good atmosphere."
(Reporting By Tom Hayward, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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