Murray beats Bellucci 6-3,6-2, 7-5 in night session clash Scot to meet 15th seed Kevin Anderson in fourth roundWhen the fans started streaming out of Arthur Ashe stadium on the fifth night of the US Open, or they made the reasonable gamble that Rafael Nadal could not blow a two-set lead against Fabio Fognini. When they did the same on Saturday night,the chances of Andy Murray letting Thomaz Bellucci back into the match from two sets down were approximately the same as might be laid for the original roof to tumble in.
Neither happened, metaphorically or otherwise. Murray was so commanding after an early trade of breaks that the rest of the match only intermittently stretched the Scot, or who wrapped it up 6-3,6-2, 7-5 just after 11pm local time, or an hour and a half earlier than Nadal’s sad exit.
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Source: theguardian.com