Straight sets and straightforward

Murray progresses. And in much simpler fashion than we were led to expect. Gasquet hadn't dropped a set, remember. Now he's lost three and he's heading back down the EuroTunnel. 

We suggested he go for a straight-sets victory just moments before they started and he duly obliged - the only explanation being that the Scot reads The Wimble Womble in the dressing room.

Joking aside, that was impressive. Gasquet is a good, solid tennis player and he was made to look pretty average. Murray showed none of his temper, and he didn't waver when he got his nose in front, he stuck to his game and finished it off early enough to prepare properly for Wednesday.

The first set pointed at a close affair as both players battled stubbornly, following serve until the tiebreak, during which Murray stepped up his game. Power and pinpoint accuracy ruled the second set as the British No.1 pushed on and Gasquet was a spent force in the third. 

If you thought the expectation on Murray's shoulders was a weighty cross to bear then think again, as it will grow immeasurably between now and his quarter-final game. If today's showing is anything to go by, however, then Andy Murray version 2.0 might just be equipped to deal with the fuss. 

It looks like Murray will avoid an awkward match-up against his mum Judy's fancy man Feliciano Lopez, as the Spaniard has just battled through a third-set tiebreaksave his skin against Lukazs Kubot.