Murray cruises into third round in New York
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09/03/2010 -
Flushing Meadows, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fourth-seeded Andy Murray was an easy
straight-set winner on Friday in second round action at the 2010 U.S. Open.
Murray needed under 1 1/2 hours to dispatch Jamaican Dustin Brown 7-5, 6-3,
6-0, including just an 18-minute third set. The Scot fired 12 aces and 32
winners, winning 90 percent of the points on his first serve.
Arguably the best player in the world without a major championship, Murray --
a two-time major runner-up, including at the 2008 U.S. Open -- will next face
25th-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka.
Murray is no stranger to the capable Wawrinka, who beat Juan Ignacio Chela
7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the third round. The two have faced off eight times,
with Murray capturing five, including a win in the fourth round of the 2008
U.S. Open.
Also advancing easily were a pair of top-10 Spaniards -- eighth-seeded
Fernando Verdasco and 10th-seeded David Ferrer.
Verdasco had no problems in a 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 victory over France's Adrian
Mannarino, while Ferrer got past German Benjamin Becker 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
Verdasco will next face either 31st-seeded David Nalbandian or Florent Serra,
while Ferrer will take on Daniel Gimeno-Traver.
Gimeno-Traver was a 4-6, 6-2, 6-0, 7-6 (7-2) winner over Jeremy Chardy.
Other seeded winners included 12th-seeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny, who beat
Dudi Sela 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 and 18th-seeded American John Isner, who topped
Marco Chiudinelli 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-4. Additionally, 23rd-seeded
Feliciano Lopez defeated Frenchman Benoit Paire 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 5-7, 7-6
(7-3), 6-2.
Fresh off his title at New Haven last week, Sergiy Stakhovsky reached the
third round here for the first time with a 6-3, 5-7, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) win
over American Ryan Harrison.
Spain's Tommy Robredo beat France's Julien Benneteau after the latter retired
toward the end of the second set, and Frenchman Michael Llodra was a straight-
set winner over Victor Hanescu.
The night session features top-seeded Rafael Nadal, who faces off against
Denis Istomin. Nadal is in search of the career Grand Slam if he can win here
at Flushing Meadows, and it would be his third consecutive major tournament
win.
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