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Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal advance to second round at China Open
Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal advance to second round at China Open
BEIJING (AP) Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray advanced to the second round of the China Open with straight-set wins Tuesday in back-to-back matches on center court.Nadal needed a little more than an hour to beat Paolo Lorenzi 6-1, 6-1, fending off two break points as he took time to get his serve under control in the first set.The 2005 China Open champion, seeded second in Beijing, improved his first-service percentage from 42 to 85 in the second set.
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Simona Halep safely through to second round of China Open
Simona Halep safely through to second round of China Open
Fourth seed Simona Halep beat Yanina Wickmayer in straight sets 6-2 6-2 to secure a place in the second round of the WTA China Open on a rain-hit day in Beijing.Svetlana Kuznetsova, the ninth-seeded Russian, is also through after she saw off Japan's Misaki Doi 6-1 7-5.Number 10 seed Dominika Cibulkova is out after the Slovakian lost 6-2 5-7 6-2 to Alize Cornet of France, while Roberta Vinci, the Italian 13th-seed, was defeated 6-3 6-2 by Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark.
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Tennis: Murray into China Open quarter-finals
Tennis: Murray into China Open quarter-finals
BEIJING: Andy Murray stormed into the China Open quarter-finals with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Andrey Kuznetsov on Wednesday (Oct 5), as on the outer courts the tournament's younger players appeared in control.The 49th-ranked Russian broke Murray's serve in the first game, battling through four deuces to take the first point of the match.The world number two dropped another serve in the first set, and one in the second, but otherwise allowed the 25-year-old little room as he closed out the match in 76 minutes.
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