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Murray returns with win in Valencia


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Top seeded Andy Murray looked impressive in 6-3 6-1 victory over wild card Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain at Valencia Open. Murray, playing in his first match since representing Great Britain in Davis Cup in September, won 22 of 26 first-serve points and broke Gimeno-Traver five times.

Top seeded Andy Murray looked impressive in 6-3 6-1 victory over wild card Daniel Gimeno-Traver of Spain at Valencia Open.

Murray, playing in his first match since representing Great Britain in Davis Cup in September, won 22 of 26 first-serve points and broke Gimeno-Traver five times.

Murray next faces Leonardo Mayer of Argentina, who ousted 2005 champion Igor Andreev of Russia 6-3 6-3.

Frenchmen Gilles Simon and Gael Monfils, who are eying last two remaining spots in the World Tour Finals, advanced to the second round.

The fifth-seeded Simon defeated Igor Kunitsyn of Russia 6-3 6-2 and sixth seed Monfils dismissed Spanish Marcel Granollers 6-4 6-2.

Also, in a re-match of the 2008 all-Spanish final, defending champion David Ferrer battled past two-time former winner Nicolas Almagro 7-5 6-7(3) 6-2.

In other matches of the day, Spaniard Tommy Robredo edged past Belgian qualifier Christophe Rochus 6-0 5-7 6-3, Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay rallied past 2003 champion Juan Carlos Ferrero 2-6 7-6 (4) 6-3 and Argentine Juan Monaco knocked out countryman Martin Vassallo Arguello 6-3 6-2.

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US Open, Men Singles  R64
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R64
Philipp Petzschner (GER) 0 5 3 66
Novak Djokovic (SRB) Winner 3 7 6 78
Petzschner - Djokovic    5 - 7    3 - 6    6 - 7   
Served By: N Djokovic Won By: Djokovic
Game P Petzschner to N Djokovic : IN, Winner: Djokovic!!! Kick serve, Petzschner sends it long. Djokovic pumps his fist in the air to celebrate the victory !!!
6-7   P Petzschner to N Djokovic : IN, Winner: Djokovic!!! Petzschner backhand drifts outside the court. Third match point for Djokovic
6-5   N Djokovic to P Petzschner : Double Fault, Winner: Petzschner!!! What a miss! double fault by N Djokovic
  N Djokovic to P Petzschner : Fault. N Djokovic serve lands outside the service line.
6-4   N Djokovic to P Petzschner : IN, Winner: Djokovic!!! Djokovic serves,reaches to the net and places a off-forehand in the corner
4-5   P Petzschner to N Djokovic : IN, Winner: Djokovic!!! Petzschner comes in the line of the ball but volleys it into the net
4-4   P Petzschner to N Djokovic : IN, Winner: Djokovic!!! Petzschner backhand finds way into the net
  P Petzschner to N Djokovic : Fault. First Fault!
3-4   N Djokovic to P Petzschner : IN, Winner: Petzschner!!! Powerful forehand from Petzschner forces an error on Djokovic
3-3   N Djokovic to P Petzschner : IN, Winner: Petzschner!!! Djokovic serves,reaches to the net and dumps a backhand into the net
2-3   P Petzschner to N Djokovic : IN, Winner: Djokovic!!! Djokovic moves Petzschner around the court and outplays him in the rally
  P Petzschner to N Djokovic : Fault. P Petzschner serve lands outside the service line.
2-2   P Petzschner to N Djokovic : IN, Winner: Djokovic!!! Djokovic hits a delightful forehand winner down the line and crowd enjoys it too
1-2   N Djokovic to P Petzschner : IN, Winner: Petzschner!!! Djokovic sends an easy volley into the net
1-1   N Djokovic to P Petzschner : IN, Winner: Djokovic!!! Huge serve, return from Petzschner goes into the net
1-0   P Petzschner to N Djokovic : ACE, Winner: Petzschner!!! P Petzschner starts with big serve down the middle.ACE!
Petzschner - Djokovic    5 - 7    3 - 6    6 - 6   
Served By: N Djokovic Won By: Djokovic
Petzschner - Djokovic    5 - 7    3 - 6    6 - 5   
Served By: P Petzschner Won By: Petzschner
Game IN, Winner: Petzschner!!! Big serve, Djokovic only manages to touch it