Top seeds Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray ignored distractions to post victories into the third round of the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters on Wednesday as the US Open build-up gained momentum.
Top seed Djokovic had to fight back as his game went awry briefly in the opening set on the way to a second-round win over Argentine Juan Monaco 7-5, 6-2.
Second-seed Murray meanwhile kick-started the run-up to his US Open title defence with a resounding 6-2, 6-3 defeat of Mikhail Youzhny.
Murray, the world No 2 who was eliminated a week ago in the Montreal third round, made sure the mistake was not repeated.
He needed just 70 minutes to see off his Russian opponent and move into a match with Julien Benneteau of France.
Djokovic admitted to a lapse against Monaco, saying: “Between 4-1 and 4-5 were four quite bad games for me.”
