Murray barges into Round 3 of US Open

New York: Britain's Andy Murray stepped up a gear at the US Open on Wednesday night as he blasted his way past Croatia's Ivan Dodig and into the third round.

The Olympic champion, chasing his first grand slam title, hit 10 aces as he recorded a 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 victory over the world number 117.

Dodig can boast wins over Rafa Nadal and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga but he was blown away by a rampant Murray, who raised his game from a scratchy opening-round display.

The Scot broke in the third game of the match and never looked back as he clinched a meeting with the winner of the all-Spanish battle between 30th seed Feliciano Lopez and Pablo Andujar.