Murray into Madrid Open third round with straight sets victory


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Tennis - ATP 1000 Masters - Madrid Open - Andy Murray of Britain v Marius Copil of Romania - Madrid, Spain - 9/5/17 - Murray returns the ball. REUTERS/Susana Vera

(Reuters) - World number one Andy Murray beat Romanian Marius Copil 6-4 6-3 to reach the third round of the Madrid Open on Tuesday.

The Briton made a slow start against an opponent 103 places below him in the world rankings but he broke Copil's serve in the 10th game to take the set and found his feet in the second after breaking at 3-2.

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