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Murray cruises to 1st-round win at US Open

Associated Press | Posted on Aug 28, 2012 at 08:17am IST

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New York: Olympic gold medalist Andy Murray overcame early breaks in the first two sets to win his first-round US Open match 6-2, 6-4, 6-1. of Russia.

The third-seeded Murray won the final five games of the first set and the last four games of the second after falling behind early to the 73rd-ranked Bogomolov.

Murray, who won the gold in his home country earlier this year, is trying to become the first man to win the Olympics and the US Open in the same year.

Murray cruises to 1st-round win at US Open

Andy Murray overcame early breaks in the first two sets to win his first-round US Open match 6-2, 6-4, 6-1.

He finished with seven aces and 46 winners as he wore down Bogomolov, who was born in Moscow but moved to Miami and competed as an American until this year, when he switched to play for Russia in the Davis Cup.

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