In-form Andy to face local favourite Raonic in Toronto
Buoyed by his gold medal at the Olympics, the world No.4 dominated from start to finish against Italy’s Flavio Cipolla – ranked 93 places lower – and swiftly wrapped up a 6-1, 6-3 win.
The 25-year-old will meet Canadian No.1 Raonic tonight for a place in the quarter-finals, and said: “It will be tough.
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“He’s improved a lot over the last year, year and a half.
He’s playing really, really good tennis. Very big guy with a big game. Serves well and hits the ball very hard.”
Murray, bidding to win his third Masters 1000 title in Toronto and his ninth overall, needed just one hour and 21 minutes to beat Cipolla.