Britain's Andy Murray won the first 14 points and rolled to a straight-sets victory over Feliciano Lopez of Spain in the third round of the US Open.
The fourth-seeded Murray, a three-time grand slam finalist gunning for his first major title, was never broken as he took less than two hours to improve his record against the Spaniard to 6-0 with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 win.
After escaping from two sets down in a five-set victory over Dutchman Robin Haase in the second round, Murray made quick work of 25th seed Lopez with a cleanly executed game plan as he made just 16 unforced errors in the match.
In the round of 16 Murray meets 22-year-old American wildcard Donald Young, who beat the Briton this year at Indian Wells.
Young, the former world junior number one, reached the fourth round at a major tournament for the first time with a 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 win over Argentine 24th seed Juan Ignacio Chela.
Reuters/AFP
Tags: tennis, sport, united-states First posted September 05, 2011 12:43:02
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