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Murray moving well

Murray moving well in Melbourne

01/21/2012 11:35:13 PM

Andy Murray said he is in great shape to break his Grand Slam duck after he won through to the Australian Open fourth round on Saturday.

Murray - the fourth seed in Melbourne - has dropped just one set en route to the final-16 with his 6-4 6-2 6-0 win over Michael Llodra in the third round most impressive.

The Briton crunched 48 winners, while conceding just 11 unforced errors in a supreme performance, but it was his movement that pleased him the most.

"Well, tonight was good. My movement was way better than the first two matches," he said.

"I moved great tonight. That's a good sign for me 'cause when I move well, the rest of my game goes well."

"That was the most pleasing thing for me about tonight."

While Murray played a near-perfect match against Llodra, he is under no illusions about what he needs to do next week if he is to breakthrough for his first Grand Slam title.

"But, yeah, I mean, I need to keep improving, do things a bit better each round," he said.

"Tonight I did a lot of things better, so I look forward to the next one."

Next up for Murray is world number 92 Mikhail Kukushkin, who beat 14th seed Gael Monfils in an epic five-set battle to move into the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career.

The two played earlier this month in Brisbane with the Kazakh player taking the first set before Murray won 5-7 6-3 6-2 in a tough encounter.

"He was very good when I played him. When I played him in Brisbane, the first six games he was unbelievable," Murray said.

"He hardly missed a ball. He was hitting the ball huge, going pretty much down the line on every shot and cleaning lines."

"I mean, to me it's not that unexpected. I saw a little bit of the match today. I didn't quite know what was happening with Gael."

"But, yeah, he's won a couple of long five-setters. He's obviously in good shape. Yeah, when I played him in Brisbane, he was hitting the ball very well."

 
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