Solid US Open start for Murray

New York - Britain's Andy Murray enjoyed a trouble-free start to his US Open title bid on Wednesday as he cruised to a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 win over unheralded Slovakian Lukas Lacko.

The Scot, runner-up in New York in 2008 and chasing his first grand slam title, needed just one hour 51 minutes to see off the world number 71 in hot conditions inside Arthur Ashe Stadium.

The number four seed broke serve in the fourth game of the match on his way to the first set and was never unduly tested, breaking twice more to take the second set.

A double-fault from Lacko handed Murray another break in the third game of the third set and then again in the seventh to ease through to a meeting with Jamaican Dustin Brown.

US Open Results:

Men's Singles:

Victor Hanescu, Romania, def. Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3.
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (4).
Sam Querrey (20), United States, def. Bradley Klahn, United States, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Dustin Brown, Jamaica, def. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (6), 7-5.
Nicolas Almagro (14), Spain, def. Potito Starace, Italy, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Marcel Granollers, Spain, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 2-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.
Ryan Harrison, United States, def. Ivan Ljubicic (15), Croatia, 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4.
Michael Llodra, France, def. Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-4.

Women's Singles:

Gisela Dulko, Argentina, def. Victoria Azarenka (10), Belarus, 5-1, retired.
Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, def. Zheng Jie (21), China, 6-3, 6-0.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (20), Russia, def. Sania Mirza, India, 6-2, 6-4.
Virginie Razzano, France, def. Marion Bartoli (13), France, 7-5, 6-4.

Women's Doubles:

Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Peng Shuai (16), China, def. Ekaterina Dzehalevich and Tatiana Poutchek, Belarus, 6-3, 6-3.
Kimiko Date Krumm and Ayumi Morita, Japan, def. Jelena Jankovic and Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Sorana Cirstea, Romania, and Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, and Jasmin Woehr, Germany, 6-7 (4), 6-0, 6-3.
Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, and Darya Kustova, Belarus, def. Arina Rodionova, Russia, and Olga Savchuk, Ukraine, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3.
Vitalia Diatchenko, Russia, and Ipek Senoglu, Turkey, def. Sofia Arvidsson and Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.