Murray powers on

British number one Andy Murray believes his victory over Nikolay Davydenko at Indian Wells last night marked another important career step.

The 19-year-old Scot reached overcame the world number four 7-6 (7/3) 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals of the Pacific Life Open.

The victory saw Murray avenge his second-round loss to the Russian last year and he felt his ability to win the important points represented proof of further progress in his development.

Murray said: “All the best players have that ability on the big points to kind of adjust up their game and believe in their strokes.

“And it’s something that I worked on a lot. I think it kind of showed that I have put a lot of work into it.

“And against someone like him, it’s important because he’s so tough. He’s so tough when you get into rallies and I needed to serve well and I did that.”