Ivan Lendl watches on as Andy Murray loses to Russia's Daniil Medvedev in the Miami Open second round
Daniil Medvedev is into the third round of the Miami Open with a convincing 6-4 6-2 win over Andy Murray in a battle of two former world No.1s. The 34-year-old dragged Medvedev into numerous gruelling rallies and continually forced the 26-year-old to come to the net.
Ad/> But it was the Russian who would come out on top in one hour and 29 minutes, winning 86 per cent of his points on his first serve, with Murray unable to produce a single break point on Medvedev's serve. ATP Miami'Lendl is good medicine' — Wilander on how Murray link-up will be fun8 HOURS AGO The US Open 2021 winner will play Spain's Pedro Martinez in the third round as he bids to win his fifth Masters title and his first in Florida.
/> With Ivan Lendl watching on in Murray's corner, the match got off to a fine start with both players engaging in a 26-shot rally which the 2009 and 2013 champion came out on top. But it was not long before Medvedev got into a bit of a rhythm.
The Russian reeled off four points in a row on Murray's second service game to move into a commanding 3-1 lead. /> Murray was moving better than he has been in recent matches and he was able to rescue Medvedev's second break point of the match at 3-2 down in a very tight opening to the match, before both players quickly reeled off their remaining service games.
Medvedev's serving was excellent and he sealed the set at the first time of asking, slamming down a fierce unreturnable serve to finish off a 46-minute opener. 'Lendl is good medicine' — Wilander on how Murray link-up will be fun 'Very tricky' Watson falls to Olympic champion Bencic in straight sets Murray continued to show grit and determination in the opening stages of the second set and produced a cross-court forehand
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