Dominant Andy Murray brushes Dustin Brown aside to reach last 32 in New York

Published on Friday 3 September 2010 23:43

Andy Murray last night charged into the third round of the US Open with a dominant performance against Jamaica's Dustin Brown.

• Andy Murray: 'Good atmosphere'

Murray needed just 85 minute to seal a 7-5, 6-3, 6-0 victory on Arthur Ashe Stadium, shrugging off a brief rain delay to advance to the last 32 at Flushing Meadows for the fifth year in succession.

The flamboyant Brown delighted his noisy band of supporters with some extravagant hitting early on, but once Murray got to grips with the 25-year-old's serve the result was never in doubt.

Murray said: "I'd never played him before so at the start of the match it was very interesting. He went for his shots huge and was hitting fun shots so I was glad to get off in straight sets. It was tough conditions - very windy out there.

"It was very different. He's a shotmaker, he is obviously fun to watch and had great support today. It was a good atmosphere and I enjoyed it."

Murray had just held serve to lead 2-1 in the opening set when play was suspended due to light rain.

Rain had been forecast due to Hurricane Earl sweeping up the east coast of the United States, although it had been downgraded from a category four to category one storm.

Play resumed after a 25 minute delay and Brown continued to produce some thumping serves and forehands, but the world No 123 was unable to put any pressure on the Murray serve and the Scot gained the decisive break in the 12th game of the set.

Two superb forehand winners were whipped past Brown as he charged into the net to set up two set points, and although Brown saved the first with an ace - Murray looked like he wanted to challenge but had already lost all three - the British No 1 forced his opponent to net a forehand to take the set 7-5.

Murray had to ask the umpire to ensure he was ready to play before Brown served, but it was the Scot who looked in a hurry to get the match finished.

The 23-year-old raced into a 5-0 lead in the second set with two breaks of serve, with Brown having no answer to Murray's more complete all-round game.

Brown held serve to avoid a whitewash and then broke back with the aid of two crunching forehand returns. Another successful hold reduced the deficit to 5-3, but Murray made no mistake at the second time of asking, serving out to love to take the set 6-3 and place one foot in the third round.

That effectively killed the match as a contest and Murray raced through the third set with three breaks of serve to set up a clash with either Juan Ignacio Chela or Stanislas Wawrinka.