TENNIS in DEPTH.

Andy Murray was in magnificent form as he raced to a straight-sets victory over the potentially dangerous Ernests Gulbis of Latvia in his second-round match on Centre Court, winning 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 in one hour and 28 minutes.

The No3 seed – aiming to become the first British winner of the men’s singles title at the All England Club in 73 years – came through an early blip and demonstrated his superior shot-making as he saved two break points in his first service game and then broke Gulbis in the fifth game. From then on he never looked back and produced a display of rare dominance, making only five unforced effors in the whole match.

Even the normally low-key Murray played up his prospects, though rightly falling short of saying that he was going to be the champion in ten days’ time. “If I serve like that for the rest of the tournament I’ve got a good chance of doing very well,” he said.

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