Andy
Murray booked his place in the fourth round of the US Open in Flushing Meadows
on Saturday with a 6-1 7-5 4-6 6-2 victory over Andrey Kuznetsov
.The Scot was far from his best in New York, dropping the third
set to his Russian opponent, however he finally sealed his progress by winning
the fourth.
Murray had two match points on serve in the fourth, but only
needed one to set up a fourth-round meeting with French ninth seed Jo-Wilfried
Tsonga on Monday.
There was not the same drama as
there had been in round one, when he cramped against Robin Haase and might have
lost, but Murray again found himself embroiled in a fight having appeared in
total control against a player ranked 96th in the world.
Kuznetsov won the junior title at Wimbledon in 2009 but has
taken time to make his mark in the senior game. He beat David Ferrer in the
second round at Wimbledon and knocked out Fernando Verdasco at the same stage
here.
It was nowhere near as hot as it had been on Monday, with the
cloud cover no doubt welcome for Murray, who again had his four-man fan club in
residence.
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