Thursday, January 17, 2013
Cool Murray breezes through to third round
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Andy Murray kept his cool in a Melbourne scorcher to reach the third round of the Australian Open with a businesslike 6-2 6-2 6-4 victory over Joao Sousa on Hisense Arena on Thursday.
The British third seed looked intent on keeping his time in the heat and humidity to the absolute minimum, wrapping up victory in just 101 minutes when his Portuguese opponent went long with a return.
Joao Sousa of Portugal serves to Andy Murray of Britain during their men's singles match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne January 17, 2013. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleTwo breaks in the first set, a couple in the second and one more in the third proved enough to set up a meeting with Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis, who earlier stunned German 25th seed Florian Mayer 6-2 6-3 6-1.
Murray, who is chasing a second successive grand slam title after his breakthrough triumph at the U.S. Open, has reached the semi-finals at Melbourne Park for the last three years.
(Reporting by Nick Mulvenney, editing by Peter Rutherford)
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