{"id":28576,"date":"2016-09-02T06:16:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T06:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=28576"},"modified":"2016-09-02T06:16:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T06:16:17","slug":"us-open-murray-beats-granollers-to-reach-third-round-de-potro-tsonga-monfils-too-eases-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=28576","title":{"rendered":"US Open: Murray beats Granollers to reach third round; de Potro, Tsonga, Monfils, too, eases ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-15666\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Andy-Murray.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Murray\" width=\"266\" height=\"168\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Andy-Murray.jpg 266w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Andy-Murray-150x95.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/>New York:<\/strong> Playing under the roof on Arthur Ashe Stadium, No. 2 seed Andy Murray made it easy against Marcel Granollers and beat him 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 to storm into the third round of US Open, here on Thursday. Murray took two hours and 22 minutes to get past his rival.<\/p>\n<p>He said after the match, &ldquo;When the rain came it was certainly loud. I mean, you can&#8217;t hear anything, really. You could hear the line calls, but not so much when he was hitting the ball or even when you&#8217;re hitting the ball, which is tough purely because we&#8217;re not used to it. That&#8217;s what makes it challenging.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&hellip; we use our ears when we play. It&#8217;s not just the eyes. It helps us pick up the speed of the ball, the spin that&#8217;s on the ball, how hard someone&#8217;s hitting it. If we played with our ears covered or with headphones on, it would be a big advantage if your opponent wasn&#8217;t wearing them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Juan Martin del Potro had a convincing 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-2 second-round win against American Steve Johnson. The Argentine wild card had won the 2009 US Open title against Roger Federer on the same Arthur Ashe Stadium court.<\/p>\n<p>In another match, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga set a third-round meeting with Kevin Anderson after taking three hours to get past James Duckworth 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday. The ninth-seeded Frenchman won 10 more points than the Australian wild card, capitalising on four of 25 break points.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Marcos Baghdatis equalled his best US Open showing by defeating another Frenchman, No. 32 seed Benoit Paire, 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. The Cypriot previously reached the third round in 2013. 10th seed Gael Monfils saw off No. 226 Czech qualifier Jan Satral 7-5, 6-4, 6-3. Monfils will now face another qualifier in former Top 10 player Nicolas Almagro of Spain. Almagro sprung the upset on Uruguayan 18th seed Pablo Cuevas 7-6(5), 6-4, 7-6(9).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-15666\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Andy-Murray.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Murray\" width=\"266\" height=\"168\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Andy-Murray.jpg 266w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Andy-Murray-150x95.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/>New York:<\/strong> Playing under the roof on Arthur Ashe Stadium, No. 2 seed Andy Murray made it easy against Marcel Granollers and beat him 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 to storm into the third round of US Open, here on Thursday. 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