Andy Murray continued his quest to replace Roger Federer as world number two by beating Tommy Robredo to reach the third round of the Rogers Cup.
Advertisement
But once down to business, Nadal made the most of his opening contest on the cement, winning the first set in a tiebreaker and sweeping the second to reach the third round and a date with Mikhail Youzhny, who beat French ninth seed Gilles Simon 6-1, 6-4.
The pair will be back out on Court Central on Wednesday afternoon after Kei Nishikori’s last-32 clash with Pablo Andujar and Rafael Nadal’s encounter against Sergiy Stakhovsky.
“I passed well”, Murray, 28, said.
The British No 1 offered the world No 24 a glimmer of hope in game four of the second set with two break points.
Muller could not find a way back into the game as a rampant Murray made light of windy conditions to wrap up the first set inside 31 minutes.
Murray’s early qualification contrasts with his late surge last year, when he picked up three titles in the space of five weeks to clinch his spot on 30 October – just 11 days before the start of the 2014 tournament.
“I never played him before, so it took me some time to figure out what his patterns are”, said Djokovic after the match.
Watson was close to defeating world number one Serena Williams at Wimbledon this summer however, she failed to produce the same level of performance at the All England Club when playing Andrea Petkovic, the final a score was 6-4 6-3.
It was Jamie and Peers who came through to win the tie by a 6-4 7-6 scoreline, leaving Andy claiming it was hard to play his usual game against his sibling.
The 33-year-old American served 12 aces to win 6-4 6-3 in 79 minutes and set up a semi-final with Belinda Bencic .
Advertisement
Romanian second seed Simona Halep faces Italy’s Sara Errani in the other semi final.
