Andy Murray booked a third round meeting with Ivo Karlovic after a nervy 3-6 6-3 6-4 victory against Jurgen Melzer, in the second round of the Indian Wells Masters.

The Austrian came firing out of the blocks with considerable aplomb, and he raced to a 4-0 lead, as Murray was once again forced to retrieve from far behind the baseline in the early stages. However, the Scot eventually found his feet halfway through the first set, but it was too late as Melzer served out for the first set in just under forty minutes.

The British number one was clearly starting to acclimatise to the tough conditions and the change in tactics paid dividends, as Murray started to dictate play and was rewarded with several breaks of serve.

Melzer who had started the match so brightly, started to fade whilst Murray grew in confidence, and the 20 year old broke serve to seal his thirteenth victory of the year, and an intriguing encounter against big serving Karlovic.

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That was the case in Metz I guess, with that really tense Wawrinka match.

Oh where would the fun be if it wasn't?  Nearly saw the old Murray today.  I could have sworn he was two steps away from throwing his racket on the floor.

Murray will probably frustrate Ivo with his awesome return of serve. I'm not sure if he actually needs a decent serve to take the match.

It would be great if someone had the time to check these stats but I bet Murray wins most matches where he loses the first set and loses most matches where he loses the second but not the first.

Good good

Yeah, Andy's good against these big servers. How's that ace count going anyway?