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Tennis, 11:42, August 1, 2008
British number one Andy Murray dumped Russian Dmitry Tursunov out in straight sets to advance to the quarter finals in Cincinnati.
Murray made short work of the world number 34, breaking the Russian twice in the first set to take a 3-0 lead before eventually seeing out the match 6-3, 6-3.
The Scot has now won all five meetings with Tursunov and he looked unlikely to get back into the match as Murray marched on to the quarter finals were he will face Spain's Carlos Moya.
Murray admitted that the hot and humid conditions made it hard work and he was happy to be out of the sweltering heat as quickly as possible.
It's so hot, unbelievably humid, you get out of breath really quickly so I was happy to come through in two sets," Murray said.
"I started to feel the ball better when I broke him early in the second. Against him it's so important to stay solid because he can produce some huge shots, get on a roll, and I was lucky that I didn't let him do that today.
"I changed the pace of the ball well and used the short slice and he didn't like that very much."
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