By Daily Sports on May 10, 2017
World number one Andy Murray progressed to the third round of the Madrid Open with a straight-set victory over Romanian Marius Copil.
The 29-year-old Briton, who had a first-round bye, won 6-4 6-3.
Murray was not at his best early on but broke world number 104 Copil at 5-4 to take the first set and pounced again at 3-2 in the second.
He will face Croat Borna Coric or Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the last 16.
Following his victory, Murray told BBC Sport: "The last few weeks my serve hasn't gone particularly well.
"Obviously when I was coming back from my elbow injury that was the one thing that I wasn't able to practise in my time off and that showed a bit in my matches.
"I was broken six times in one match, seven in another. I wanted to come here, serve a little bit better and I did
that today.
"Today was the start and I have to get better, but at least I gave myself the chance to play another match in a couple of days. It is a very, very important period of the year," Murray said.
*Photo shows Andy Murray.
Source Daily Sports
Posted May 10, 2017
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