Andy Murray cruised into the third round of the Miami Open with a comfortable 6-4 6-2 win over America’s Donald Young.
Murray beat Young in four sets only three weeks ago in Britain’s Davis Cup victory in Glasgow and this was even more straightforward for the Scot, who was in command from start to finish.
A third-round tie against Colombia’s Santiago Giraldo or Holland’s Robin Haase now awaits the world No 4, who is gunning for his third Miami triumph after lifting the title in 2009 and 2012.
Murray got off to a blistering start, breaking the American’s serve twice and holding his own to claim an early 4-0 lead.
He looked on course for a first-set whitewash when he opened up another two break points in the fifth but Young dug deep to ensure he had at least one notch on the scoreboard.
The left-hander seemed to grow in confidence as he capitalised on some windy conditions to break back, winning three consecutive games to trail only 5-4.
Murray cut a frustrated figure but he recovered his composure to serve out the first set, before claiming a break in the opening game of the second.
A superb backhand pass gave Murray another break point at 3-1 and, while Young held off temporarily, the Scot took advantage two points later to take a three-game lead.
Unforced errors continued to undermine Young’s slim hopes of a fightback and although he pulled another game back to make it 5-2, Murray served out to seal a comfortable victory.
Murray told Sky Sports: “It was ridiculously windy today, the ball was swirling around all over the place and changing direction during your serve so that makes it tough on your ball toss.
“I just tried to play how I normally do in the wind to use some variety and make it tricky for him and it worked.”