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Murray powers his way into third round • Murray to face Serra in third round• Scot below-par but too strong for GicquelAndy Murray, fists pumping in the windy Melbourne night, overcame his own frustrations and the stubborn French resistance of Marc Gicquel to advance to the third round of the Australian Open. He won 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 but it wasn't the prettiest win of his career.The Scot, fifth seed here, got away to a flying start against the 32-year-old Gicquel, ranked 57 in the world but no pushover. Nor was the swirling air easy to subdue, for either player. It tugged at them from the end of the first set, which Murray took 6-1 in a mere 23 minutes, until they came in from the uncovered Margaret Court Arena after an hour and 50 minutes of enthralling if ragged tennis.When the seagulls arrived at dusk, squawking as if to mock the standard of the tennis, Murray was wrapping up the second set but looking less convincing with every mis-hit. Time and again, he hit long and wide, unable to master either the wind or his own urge to get the match out of the way as quickly as possible.Gicquel broke him finally in the third but could not hold his own game together under renewed pressure.While Murray hit 10 aces, waywardness on the first serve of 56 per cent might be mitigated by the conditions. Of his 32 unforced errors, however, several came from rushed forehands with the court at his mercy and his opponent floundering. It was not percentage tennis at its finest.Murray at least had a less taxing second-round match than Jarkko Nieminen and Florent Serra, who engaged in a five-set struggle for the right to meet the Scot in the next round on Friday. Serra won 3-6, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6, 7-5 in 231 gruelling minutes on Court 8.Serra, a 29-year-old right-hander from Bordeaux, is ranked 64 and has compiled just over $2m prize money in a moderate career. In this tournament, he has reached the second round twice, and gone out at the first time of asking three times. They have never met on court, and Murray will start an overwhelming favourite.Andy MurrayAustralian OpenTennisKevin Mitchellguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Carlos Tevez must temper fury A s an an old-fashioned squabble between neighbours, it has been allowing Carlos Tevez to put his point across, so he should be the last man to want it to become a loco derby. But if the fervour surrounding the Manchester City-Manchester United Carling Cup semi-final is to be cooled below danger point, Carlos seems an improbable candidate for the job. If he pours oil on troubled waters, we expect his next move to be the lighting of a match. feeds.timesonline.co.uk |