Murray eases through
Andy Murray eased into the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open in Bangkok on Thursday with a routine straight-sets win over Germany's Michael Berrer.
The British number one and top seed at the hard-court event needed just 70 minutes to close out a 6-4 6-2 win.
Murray, who received a first-round bye, will now face the winner of the clash between Grigor Dimitrov and Simone Bolelli for a place in the semi-finals.
Murray, chasing his third title of the season this week, looked solid in the opening set and one break of serve was enough to take it.
Berrer improved in the second set, forcing two break points only to see the world number four swat them both away. For his part, Murray converted two break-point chances, enough to take the set and the match by a comfortable margin.
Murray is playing in Bangkok for the first time since 2006, when he lost in the first round to fellow Briton Tim Henman.
The Bangkok tournament was nevertheless the scene of Murray's first ATP Tour final in 2005, when he finished as runner-up to Roger Federer.
