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| Andy Murray beats Santiago Giraldo to reach Miami Open fourth round | Andy Murray beats Santiago Giraldo to reach Miami Open fourth round |
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| Andy Murray brushed aside Colombia’s Santiago Giraldo with the minimum of fuss in the third round of the Miami Open . A single break earned the Scot the first set before an explosive start to the second helped him complete a 6-3, 6-4 victory in one hour and 24 minutes. | Andy Murray brushed aside Colombia’s Santiago Giraldo with the minimum of fuss in the third round of the Miami Open . A single break earned the Scot the first set before an explosive start to the second helped him complete a 6-3, 6-4 victory in one hour and 24 minutes. |
| The world No4 continued the commanding form he displayed in seeing off Donald Young on Friday and his opponent, ranked 31st in the world, had no answer. | The world No4 continued the commanding form he displayed in seeing off Donald Young on Friday and his opponent, ranked 31st in the world, had no answer. |
| Murray, who lost to Giraldo at last year’s Madrid Open, broke for a 4‑2 lead in the opening set and closed it out despite struggling with a first-serve percentage of 46%. | Murray, who lost to Giraldo at last year’s Madrid Open, broke for a 4‑2 lead in the opening set and closed it out despite struggling with a first-serve percentage of 46%. |
| The British No1 was taking full advantage of the Colombian’s weak second serve though, and broke again in the first game of the second set as he raced into 4-0 lead. | The British No1 was taking full advantage of the Colombian’s weak second serve though, and broke again in the first game of the second set as he raced into 4-0 lead. |
| But serving for the match at 5-2, he wasted two match points and with Giraldo finally finding his range, was broken for the first time. | But serving for the match at 5-2, he wasted two match points and with Giraldo finally finding his range, was broken for the first time. |
| Murray regrouped to seal the win, the 499th of his career, on his next service game, to set up a meeting with Kevin Anderson in round four. | Murray regrouped to seal the win, the 499th of his career, on his next service game, to set up a meeting with Kevin Anderson in round four. |
| “I felt like I played a good match,” Murray said. “When he started really going for it at the end I lost my timing a bit but I managed to close it out at 5-4.” | “I felt like I played a good match,” Murray said. “When he started really going for it at the end I lost my timing a bit but I managed to close it out at 5-4.” |
| The world No1, Novak Djokovic, survived a second-set fightback from Martin Klizan of Slovakia before winning his opening match 6-0, 5-7, 6-1. He will face the Belgian qualifier Steve Darcis in the next round. | The world No1, Novak Djokovic, survived a second-set fightback from Martin Klizan of Slovakia before winning his opening match 6-0, 5-7, 6-1. He will face the Belgian qualifier Steve Darcis in the next round. |
| Japan’s Kei Nishikori made a confident start by beating Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny 6-2, 6-1 in their second-round meeting. Nishikori, the No4 seed, won 70% of his service points and converted five of his 16 break chances.In the women’s draw, the seven-time champion Serena Williams needed only 41 minutes to beat the 15-year-old American CiCi Bellis 6-1, 6-1. Bellis made headlines by winning a match at last year’s US Open, but she could not stay with the world’s No1 player. Williams won 51 of the 65 points and lost only two points in seven service games. |