Murray advances to 3rd round at Paris Masters

PARIS (AP) Andy Murray improved to 21-0 since the U.S. Open by beating Jeremy Chardy of France 6-2, 6-4 Wednesday to advance to the third round at the Paris Masters.

The second-seeded Briton last lost to Rafael Nadal in the U.S. Open semifinals, winning 26 of 27 matches since mid-August. He jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first set and in the second broke Chardy early and held on to win when a backhand volley from the Frenchman sailed wide.

Murray will next face Andy Roddick of the United States.

David Ferrer of Spain, Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia and Viktor Troicki of Serbia also won in straight sets to advance.

The fourth-seeded Ferrer beat Nicolas Mahut of France 6-4, 6-4. Mahut double-faulted to drop serve at 1-1 before sending a backhand return long to lose the first set. The Spaniard clinched victory on an unforced error.

The 11th-seeded Tipsarevic defeated Alex Bogomolov Jr. of the United States 6-1, 6-0. Bogomolov took the opening game before losing 12 in a row. Tipsarevic will next play Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic.

Troicki downed Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 6-4, 6-4.