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Briton Andy Murray upended fourth seed Nicolay Davydenko 7-6 6-4 in the fourth round of the Pacific Life Open on Wednesday. The 13th-seeded Murray never allowed the Russian to establish a comfortable rhythm and served and returned efficiently. "It was about playing the big points better than the guy who's No 4 in the world," Murray told reporters.
"I had some big serves in the last game when I needed to, and after a pretty bad start, I came back well." After winning the tiebreaker 7-3 after an ace, service winner and forehand unforced error from Davydenko, Murray never looked back, breaking the Russian in the opening game of the second set.
Murray won the contest with a 136-mph ace. "He surprised me a bit today at the start. He came to the net more than I expected," said the Scot. "I just had to try to hang in, maybe sliced a little bit too often in the first set and started hitting over my backhand. It's really hard to get someone like him out of his rhythm."
Murray is off to a roaring start this season, posting an 18-3 record, winning his second career title in San Jose and reaching the Doha final. The 19-year-old Scot will meet ninth seeded Tommy Haas after the German beat fifth seed Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 6-3 6-2.
Haas avenged a straight sets defeat at the hands of Gonzalez in the semi-finals of the Australian Open by blasting 22 winners and committing only eight unforced errors. Murray has never faced Haas before. Number 12 Novak Djokovic of Serbia also reached the quarter-finals, beating Julien Benneteau of France 6-3 6-1. The Serbian will play number 14 David Ferrer of Spain, who overcame countryman Carlos Moya 1-6 6-2 6-3.

Copyright Reuters, 2007

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