Murray outshines Jamaican to reach third round
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}By Larry Fine
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fourth-seeded Andy Murray of Britain dodged some rain drops and some sizzling serves before quickly reaching the third round by outshining Jamaican Dustin Brown 7-5 6-3 6-0 at the U.S. Open Friday.
Murray ended a briefly rain-delayed opening set against the 123rd-ranked Brown with the first service break coming against the big-swinging Jamaican in the 12th game. The Scot sailed through from there with the loss of just three more games.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"I never played against him before so the start of the match was very interesting," the 23-year-old Murray told the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd after the 85-minute demolition.
"He went for his shots huge, serving big and hitting fun shots so I was glad to get off in straight sets."
A short rain delay sent Brown and Murray to the locker room at 2-1 in favor of Murray during the opening set in the first taste of some expected bad weather as Hurricane Earl advances up the U.S. eastern seaboard.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The 6-foot, 5-inch (1.96 meter) Brown, sporting the look of a beachcomber in a sleeveless white shirt, baggy shorts and dreadlocks flying, played a slam-bam style with five aces in the first set.
The games raced by on serve until the German-born Brown netted a running forehand to hand Murray the first set.
The quick-footed, go-for-broke Brown then began losing the range on his groundstrokes, spraying errors off both wings and having his occasional attempts at using drop shots as a change of pace punished by Murray for winners.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Eventually he was simply worn down by the skillful Murray, who unleashed 12 aces in the match and 32 winners.
"He's a shotmaker," Murray, a U.S. Open runner-up to Roger Federer two years ago, said about the Jamaican. "He's obviously fun to watch.
"He got great support today so it was a good atmosphere and I enjoyed it."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Murray will next meet either 25th seed Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland or 51st-ranked Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina.
"It was windy so you just got to try and get on and off the court as quickly possible and I managed to do that in straight sets."
(Editing by Frank Pingue)