Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Murray knows Capdeville weakness

US OPEN
Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Date: 31 August - 13 September
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Andy Murray
Murray played doubles with Capdeville when he was a junior

Britain's Andy Murray is confident that he knows what to expect from Paul Capdeville when he takes on the Chilean in the second round of the US Open.

Murray, seeded second, used to train with the 26-year-old world number 87 at the Sanchez-Casal academy in Barcelona.

"I know what his technique and his game is like. It's not going to be any surprises," said Murray.

"He hits everything well although he doesn't move particularly well, so I'm going to try and exploit that."

Murray, who lost to Roger Federer in last year's final, made a confident start to his campaign at Flushing Meadows with a straight-sets win over Ernests Gulbis in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The Scot played under the floodlights in a showpiece night match on Arthur Ashe Stadium and he is keen to remain the centre of attention for the rest of the fortnight.

"Obviously I want to be there," added Murray. "I think there would be something wrong if I didn't.

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"I had a really good experience last year, I enjoy playing on that court, it's one of the biggest in the world and probably the coolest atmosphere out of all the slams.

"Hopefully I'll play a lot of my matches on there."

If he beats Capdeville, Murray will play Spain's Ivan Navarro - who was a shock first-round winner over 27th seed Ivo Karlovic - or American Taylor Dent in round three.

Another potentially troublesome opponent for Murray, Stan Wawrinka, also suffered a first-round exit. The 19th seed, who Murray would have met in round four, lost to Ecuador's Nicolas Lapentti.

But Murray stated: "If I lose the next round its irrelevant what those two (Karlovic and Wawrinka) have done, so I'll try and focus on the next match."

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