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French Open 2016: Murray overcomes the big-serving Karlovic threat to enter the fourth round

The Scot dominated the game from the very start, breaking Karlovic's serve twice in the first set itself.

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Andy Murray of Great Britain celebrates victory during the Men's Singles third round match against Ivo Karlovic of Croatia on day six of the 2016 French Open at Roland Garros on May 27, 2016 in Paris, France.
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Andy Murray's French Open campaign gathered pace as he made light work of big-serving Croatian Ivo Karlovic to reach the fourth round with a 6-1 6-4 7-6(3) victory on Friday.

After consecutive five-setters in his first two rounds, the second seed gave a master class in nullifying the game's biggest serve, breaking twice in succession at the start of the match to pave the way for a routine victory.

Murray will face either big-serving American 15th seed John Isner or Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili next.

The ATP's statistics showed Karlovic had won 95 percent of his service games in the last year, more than any other player, but that counted for little on Court Suzanne Lenglen.

Karlovic was 4-0 behind in quick time as Murray toyed with the 6ft 11in player who was the oldest man to reach the third round of a grand slam for 25 years.
He even managed to send a couple of lobs looping over the head of Karlovic who looked jaded after coming through a five-setter in round two.

Having taken the second set with a single break, Murray's progress slowed in the third as Karlovic found his range to force a tie-break.

But Murray stayed focused and wrapped up a no-nonsense win on the first match point when the 27th seeded Karlovic sprayed a forehand well wide. 

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