Murray happy with progress

Andy Murray believes he has reached new heights since Wimbledon as his fine start the American hardcourt season continues.

Following last week's run to the semi-finals of the Toronto Masters - where he was narrowly edged out by his SW19 nemesis and world number one elect Rafael Nadal - the Scot powered into the quarters in Cincinnati with a brilliant 6-3 6-3 demolition of big-hitting Dmitry Tursunov.

"It's definitely better - I feel much more comfortable up at the net, I'm being a bit more aggressive on the second-serve return than I was before and I'm definitely physically stronger as well," the world number nine told Sky Sports.

"So I feel more comfortable and feel that I can definitely compete at this level for five or six matches, rather than two or three like I was able to do last year.

"It's shown in my ranking and results."