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Wed 09 Sep 2008Murray is flush with form
TENNIS US OPEN: THERE WAS a gorgeous moment after Andy Murray had hit a particularly imperious double-fisted backhand down the line under the floodlights in the Arthur Ashe stadium here on Monday evening when his coach, Miles Maclagan, flicked his eyebrows in an expression of "where the hell did that come from?" surprise.
This 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 fourth-round victory over Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka, the world number 10, and Olympic doubles gold medal winner with Roger Federer, was as near perfection as Murray has ever achieved at grand slam level.
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