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 | Murray started with success, Del Potro and Roddick also wins1-09-2011 |
Finalist in 2008, Andy Murray (Britain) is the second round of U.S. Open tennis. Fourth-seeded Murray remove Indian Somdev Devarman 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-3. Britain has not shown his best game and had serious difficulties in the middle of the second set. He even had to close a deficit of 1:3 in the tie-break points to the first, but came to success. Murray next rival will be the Dutchman Robin Haase, who took Rui Machado (Portugal) 6-0, 6-4, 6-4. 2003 champion Andy Roddick (USA) poizmachi against compatriot Michael Russell, but still get to win 6:2, 6:4, 4:6, 7:5. Roddick has problems with injuries throughout the season for which fell from top 20 world rankings for the first time in 10 years. The winner in 2009, Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) returns to the satisfaction of "Flushing Mudous". Del Potro, who missed the race last season because of injury to the wrist, broke in the first round Filippo Volandri (Italy) 6-3, 6-1, 6-1. No. 10 Nicolas Almagro in the scheme (Spain) surprisingly eliminated in the first round after a defeat, 2-6, 4-6, 3-6 by Frenchman Julien Benneteau on. Latvian Ernest Gulbis even discarded 16th in the scheme and semifinalist in 2007 and 2010 Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) after 6:2, 6:4, 6:4.