Tennis

Djokovic, Murray earn wins in Toronto

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-08-12 11:28

TORONTO - Defending champion Andy Murray had a 7-5, 6-2 second-round win over Belgium's Xavier Malisse on Wednesday and Novak Djokovic earned a 7-5, 7-5 win over France's Julien Benneteau at the Rogers Cup.

Andy Murray of Britain hits a return to Xavier Malisse of Belgium during their match at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament in Toronto August 11 , 2010. [Agencies]

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Djokovic won the Canadian tournament three years ago, having beaten both Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. He has reached the quarterfinals in each of the past two years.

The 23-year-old Serbian player arrived to a rude reception in Toronto earlier this week, when he and Nadal were ousted from doubles.

Russian Nikolay Davydenko had a 7-5, 6-1 win over Italian Fabio Fognini in an early match.

Nadal was playing Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka on Wednesday night.