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Olympic champion Andy Murray still on a roll

Andy Murray hits a return shot against Juan Monaco during a second round match at the Western & Southern Open tennis championships at the Linder Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio.
Andy Murray hits a return shot against Juan Monaco during a second round match at the Western & Southern Open tennis championships at the Linder Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio.
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Andy Murray followed up his second Olympic singles title with a second-round victory Wednesday night in the Western & Southern Open in Mason, Ohio.

The top-seeded Scot beat Argentina’s Juan Monaco, 6-3, 6-2, to set up a match against South Africa’s Kevin Anderson, a 6-2, 6-4 winner over 13th-seeded Richard Gasquet of France.

Rafael Nadal beat Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas, 6-1, 7-6 (4). Second-seeded Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland also advanced, beating American Jared Donaldson, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Fourth-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada beat American John Isner, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5).

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In women’s second-round play, second-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany beat France’s Kristina Mladenovic, 6-0, 7-5; third-seeded Simona Halep of Romania beat Germany’s Annika Beck, 6-3, 6-1; and fourth-seeded Garbine Muguruza of Spain topped American CoCo Vandeweghe, 7-6 (4), 6-2.

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