Andy Murray sweeps past Roddick to reach Paris Masters quarter finals

Published on Thursday 10 November 2011 15:50

ANDY Murray powered into the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters with a comprehensive 6-2 6-2 win over Andy Roddick today.

The 24-year-old Scot dominated throughout to record his 27th win his last 28 matches and extend his unbeaten run to 18 matches.

Murray comfortably claimed the first set in 31 minutes before easing through the second to clinch an impressive win.

The British number one set the tone when he broke Roddick’s serve in the first game before holding his own serve.

He continued to apply pressure on the American’s serve and produced a stunning backhand to earn three break points in game seven, and duly converted one to go 5-2 up.

Murray wrapped up the first set in style with a sensational winner as Roddick seemed to have few answers to the one-way traffic.

Things went from bad to worse for the American when Murray immediately broke his serve in the second set before holding serve in the second game.

Roddick vented his frustration to umpire Mohamed Lahyani by destroying his racket, earning a code violation for racket abuse as a result, as Murray won the next two games to take a 4-0 lead in the second set.

The 29-year-old from Texas then dug in and held serve to get himself on the scoreboard, but Murray hit back immediately with a hold to love to put himself on the brink of victory.

Roddick finally tested Murray en route to claiming his fourth game but it was too little, too late as Murray unleashed his sixth and seventh aces of the day to seal an emphatic straight-sets triumph.

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gus1940

Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 05:54 PM

There must be a serious danger of Andy becoming British again.

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pepperz

Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 04:09 PM

Well done Andy, seems you are playing the best tennis of your career right now.

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