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Murray wins Miami opener

No. 3 seed Andy Murray was an easy second- round winner Friday at the Miami Open.

Following an opening-round bye, the one-time world No. 2 blew past American Donald Young 6-4, 6-2 on the hardcourts at Crandon Park.

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Murray captured Miami titles in 2009 and 2013 and was the 2012 runner-up to Novak Djokovic, who also topped the British star in January's Australian Open final.

Eighth-seeded former Wimbledon runner-up Tomas Berdych opened with a 6-3, 6-4 handling of little-known Korean Hyeon Chung, while 15th-seeded tall South African Kevin Anderson dismissed American Sam Querrey 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-3), 6-4.

Meanwhile, 23rd-seeded Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez grounded German Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4, 6-4 and 29th-seeded Aussie Bernard Tomic topped American Austin Krajicek 7-6 (8-6), 7-5 on Day 3.

The reigning world No. 1 Djokovic is the defending champion and seeking his fifth career Miami title. Last week's Indian Wells titlist beat four-time Miami runner-up Rafael Nadal in last year's marquee final in South Florida, which was a rematch of the 2011 final also captured by Djokovic.

Djokovic will open Saturday against Slovak Martin Klizan.

The winner of this $5.4 million event will claim $900,400.

[SportsNetwork.com]

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