{"id":1626045,"date":"2022-08-29T18:19:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T22:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1626045"},"modified":"2022-08-29T18:19:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T22:19:48","slug":"tennis-murray-downs-error-prone-cerundolo-to-reach-u-s-open-second-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennis-murray-downs-error-prone-cerundolo-to-reach-u-s-open-second-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis-Murray downs error-prone Cerundolo to reach U.S. Open second round"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftennis-murray-downs-error-prone-cerundolo-to-reach-u-s-open-second-round%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1626045&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) \u2013     Andy Murray powered into the second round of the U.S. Open with a comfortable 7-5 6-3 6-3 win over Argentine Francisco Cerundolo on Monday, as the former world number one rolled back the years at the scene of his first Grand Slam triumph a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old Scot, who has battled various injuries in recent years, raced to a 5-2 lead early in the match but dropped his level slightly before edging a tight first set and breaking quickly in the next to put 24th seed Cerundolo under pressure on a sweltering hot Arthur Ashe Stadium court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is obviously nice any time, especially in those conditions and early on in a slam to get through in straight sets,\u201d said Murray. \u201cHe\u2019s a top player, it was a good win for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMentally it\u2019s not easy going into a five-set match in those conditions after the way the last few weeks have been for me, and I did well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did well physically and mentally to put that to the back of my mind and find a way to get through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Murray staved off a comeback attempt by Cerundolo to take the second set for a commanding lead and showed little signs of stepping off the gas pedal, as his opponent continued to make life difficult for himself with unforced errors.<\/p>\n<p>A double break in the third set allowed twice Wimbledon champion Murray to surge ahead 4-1 and he sealed the win when Cerundolo sent a return long. <\/p>\n<p>Murray next faces American wildcard Emilio Nava.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru, additional reporting by Steve Keating in New York. 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