Medvedev eases past twice winner Murray at Miami Open

Daniil Medvedev forehand against Andy Murray in the men’s singles second round match at the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium. (Geoff Burke-USA Sports TODAY)

Daniil Medvedev overcame two-time winner Andy Murray 6-4 6-2 in the second round of the Miami Open on Saturday.

The reigning US Open champion and world number two unleashed four aces in the first set and had his love broken in the third when Murray, three years after hip surgery, moved around the court with a slight limp.

Murray, who notched his 700th career win at Indian Wells two weeks ago, grabbed two break points in the fifth game of the second set but Medvedev converted for a third chance when the Briton tried Turn around at the end of the field.

Russian Medvedev converted again in the seventh inning, dropping only his first two serve points in the set, and finished the serve after just 90 minutes at Hard Rock Stadium. England next faced Pedro Martinez of Spain.

“It’s never easy when you’re playing Andy,” said the top seed, who didn’t miss the entire game. “I knew that from the first point to the last point of the game, I had to be there.”

It was the sixth tournament in a row that three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray walked away in the second round, after he lost to Aslan Karatsev in the final in Sydney in January.

Murray told reporters: “My level of tennis is clearly not at the right time to win matches like that.

“There were some good signs on the court today but the two important things in tennis are serve and return, and I didn’t do well either.”

The win gives Medvedev three wins to return to the top of the men’s standings, after he lost his lead following a stunning third-round loss to France’s Gael Monfils in Indian Wells.

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