Andy Murray got exiled to Court No 1 on Thursday – and he did not seem at all keen to make his stay a long one. The 28-year-old Scot, taking his annual holiday from the Centre Court, wasted no time in hammering Dutchman Robin Haase 6-1, 6-1, 6-4 in 88 minutes on what will be his one and only appearance off the Centre. While these two have had two epic scraps at the US Open in the past there seemed little danger of this from the off as Murray was on precision form and the tall man from Holland was disappointingly flat.Andy Murray battled past Mikhail Kukushkin in the first round on TuesdayThe British No 1 came up against Robin Haase in the second roundMurray dropped just two games as he raced to a two-set lead, 6-1, 6-1After a brief fightback from Haase, Murray closed out the third set 6-4
His defence and exquisite lobbing skills were supreme, and he was aided by _ dropping in an excess of double faults.