Result: Mardy Fish sets up Andy Murray meeting in Cincinnati

Mardy Fish returns a shot to Julien Benneteau of France during the Citi Open at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center on July 31, 2013
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World number 705 Mardy Fish claims a 6-2 6-2 straight-sets win over Viktor Troicki to advance into the second round of the Cincinnati Open.

Mardy Fish has cruised to a straight-sets win over Viktor Troicki at the Cincinnati Open to set up a meeting with Andy Murray.

It is a third loss on the bounce for the Serbian, who fell 6-2 6-2 in the first round of the competition.

Two breaks of serve gifted Fish an easy first set, which culminated in three break points being squandered in the final game.

Troicki was edged out in the first game of the second set, too, putting the man ranked at 705 in the world well on his way.

A long-running seventh game was eventually claimed by Fish, allowing him to break his opponent for a second time in the set to progress through.

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