Andy Murray admitted to having Lady Luck on his side as he squeezed into the quarter finals of the Monte Carlo Masters while British weightlifter Rebekah Tiler claimed three European bronze medals. Here’s our review of the last 24 hours: Murray fightback sets up last-eight clash with Milos Raonic in Monte Carlo Rebekah Tiler claimed a hat-trick of weightlifting bronze medals at the European Championships Fran Halsall and Jazz Carlin starred in the pool on a busy Thursday night at the Olympic Trials Simon Amor heads to the Singapore 7s with Team GB training on his mind Liam Pitchford and Paul Drinkhall miss out on Rio table tennis spots – for now Nicola Adams and Team GB’s boxers look forward to a massive Friday Murray squeezes into the quarters in Monte Carlo AndyMurrayDavisCup3200 Andy Murray had to work hard for his victory against Benoit Paire, and he admitted he had gotten a lucky break in making it through to the Monte Carlo Masters quarter-finals. The 28-year-old Scot came through in three sets, coming from behind after a sub-par opening to win 2-6 7-5 7-5 in two hours and 33 minutes, and set up a clash with Canadian Milos Raonic in the last eight. 26-year-old Frenchman Paire served for the match in the third, but Murray – who is also in the doubles quarter-finals alongside Dominic Inglot – held on for victory. “He played extremely well, and I was a little bit slow,” said the Olympic champion. “I had never played him before and he has a difficult game to figure out. “Obviously I’ve lost a couple of tough matches the last few tournaments, in Miami and Indian Wells, matches I had the opportunity to win. “Maybe today was a little lucky for me, but I have been unlucky in matches the last few months so hopefully I can start to play a little bit better from here. “Every win is very important right now at the start of the clay season to get a feel with what is going well and what isn’t. Things did get better as the match went on, and at least now I have the opportunity tomorrow to serve better and hit the ball a bit better too.” Tiler storms to triple Euro bronze haul Rebekah Tiler Great Britain's Rebekah Tiler claimed three bronze medals at the European Weightlifting Championships to improve her chances of Olympic selection for Rio. The 17-year-old secured overall bronze in Norway as well as individual medals in the snatch - with a best of 99kg - and 123kg in the clean and jerk. The total of 222kg gave Tiler her first senior championships medal and she could not contain her delight. “I trained really extra hard for this and I didn’t expect a medal,” said Tiler, who is the European and Commonwealth youth champion. “My knees are knackered, but that was great. I reckon that’s probably my best performance so far.” The women's team should have now done enough to earn a quota place in Rio this summer. That will not be confirmed until the competition in Forde finishes on Saturday, and with only one member of the GB women's team going to Brazil, Tiler is battling with Zoe Smith for the spot. London 2012 Olympian Smith secured a bronze of her own in the 63kg category on Wednesday in Norway. Halsall takes gold but faces a nervous wait for Rio spots FranHalsall3200 Two-time Olympian Fran Halsall picked up her 11th British 50m freestyle title in Glasgow on Thursday although she faces an anxious wait when it comes to Rio. Halsall touched the wall in 24.48 seconds to take gold at the 2016 British Swimming Championships, almost a second faster than the rest of the pack. She was however 0.11 seconds short of the qualification standard although she has another chance to impress selectors in the 100m freestyle on Friday. “I would have loved to dip under that qualifying time but I just wasn’t good enough,” said Halsall. “The trials are hard for me because it’s just me against myself in a time trial.” But it was good news for Max Litchfield as he secured a spot in Rio with a gold-medal swim in the 400m individual medley. In the men's 100m freestyle, 18-year-old Duncan Scott sprung a surprise as he edged out favourite Benjamin Proud for the title in a personal best of 48.66. Elsewhere, Aimee Willmott bounced back from individual medley disappointment in the 200m butterfly while Jazz Carlin earned her tenth British title in four years, finishing almost three seconds ahead of the rest of the field in the 800m freestyle final. But, like Halsall, they both face an anxious wait to see if they make the team which will be named next Thursday as they missed out on automatic qualifying time. Read the full story here Amor heads to Singapore with Rio on his mind Simon Amor England Sevens head coach Simor Amor admits he will take a slightly different approach with the Rio Olympics in mind when his team arrive in Singapore for the next leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens series. Amor’s side won the Plate last weekend in Hong Kong and the head coach has made two changes to that squad – with Sam Egerton and John Brake coming in for Phil Burgess and Tom Mitchell. James Rodwell is also on course to set a new world record of playing in 69 consecutive tournaments on the circuit as England have been drawn against Portugal, Samoa and Fiji in the pool stages. But Amor, who is also Head Coach of Team GB, will look to spend time with Wales and Scotland in Singapore, while Tony Roques, England Sevens Assistant Coach, will act as Head Coach for the tournament. “Spending a decent amount of time with the other home unions will give me a better understanding of how both Gareth Williams [Wales 7s Head Coach and Team GB Assistant Coach] and the players operate in the build-up and during competition,” he said. “I have watched a lot of footage but it will give me a much better feel for all those involved. As we continue to work to prioritise GB, it will be an important experience.” Pitchford and Drinkhall miss out but all is not lost PaulDrinkhall Liam Pitchford and Paul Drinkhall narrowly missed out on securing a place at the Olympics tonight – but their Rio ambitions are not yet over. Pitchford was beaten 4-3 by world No 20 Tiago Apolonia of Portugal and Drinkhall lost 4-1 to Sweden’s 33-ranked Par Gerell in the first batch of eight finals at the European qualifying tournament in Halmstad, when the winners booked their places in Rio. But both will go into a second stage tomorrow and Saturday, with four wins needed to secure one of two remaining qualifying slots. If they do not succeed, both men can still qualify by virtue of their world rankings when the Rio field is finalised next month. A huge Friday in store for Adams and Team GB boxing Nicola Adams Olympic champion Nicola Adams says she will stop at nothing to complete the job on Friday as she and nine other British boxers are just one win away from Rio 2016 qualification. The Olympic champion - aiming to become the first Briton to defend her title for 92 years - beat France’s Sarah Ourahmoune in the quarter-finals of the European qualification tournament on Thursday. She now faces Marielle Hansen of Denmark in the semi-finals on Friday and a win would guarantee the 33-year-old a seat on the plane to Rio. “This is a huge match for me - this is my Olympic place, this is my Road to Rio,” said Adams. Hopefully I can get the win and it will no longer be a road, I’ll be actually going. “This is what it’s working towards for the last four years, so I’m going to give it everything.” Joe Joyce, Josh Buatsi, Galal Yafai, Mohammad Ali, Qais Ashfaq, Anthony Fowler, Lawrence Okolie and Joe Cordina will also secure berths for Rio should they win on Friday. Sportsbeat 2016