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MURRAY ON THE MARCH

Britain's No.1 storms into second round of US Open

HANDY ANDY - Andy Murray on his way to first-round victory in the US Open
HANDY ANDY - Andy Murray on his way to first-round victory in the US Open

ANDY MURRAY put his miserable Olympics behind him to cruise into the second round of the US Open.

British No.1 and sixth seed Murray destroyed Argentina's Sergio Roitman 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 in an hour and 35 minutes at New York's Flushing Meadow to bounce back from a first-round defeat by world number 77 Lu Yen-Hsun at the Games.

The Scot, ranked number six in the world, will now play either Michael Llodra of France or Russia’s Teimuraz Gabashvili in the second round.

Murray met with little resistance from the clay specialist boasting only one win this year on hard courts.