Andy Murray moved level with Tim Henman 's British career-wins record after beating France 's Adrian Mannarino in straight sets at Indian Wells . Murray eased past Mannarino 6-3 , 6-3 in California to book a quarter-final match-up with Spain 's Feliciano Lopez who edged past Japan 's Kei Nishikori . The victory means Murray has now equalled Henman 's 496 career wins , which represents an Open era record for a British man . Andy Murray celebrates as he seals his place in the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells . Murray plays a forehand on his way to a straight-sets victory against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino . Murray ( right ) pictured alongside Tim Henman ahead of their first meeting in Basel in October 2005 . Murray was made to work hard by Mannarino 's aggressive ground strokes but the Frenchman was too inconsistent and Murray took full advantage . A double fault in Mannarino 's first service game presented the world number four with a break point but Mannarino held his nerve on a high smash and sealed the game unscathed . The first break of the match arrived soon after but it was Mannarino who took it , as this time Murray 's second serve went long to give his opponent a surprise 3-2 advantage . A superb forehand pass from Murray in the following game , however , seemed to jolt the Scot into life as he won the next three games in succession to lead 5-3 . Mannarino continued to come on the offensive , pinning his opponent back with an aggressive forehand , but Murray was clinical on the counter-attack and sealed the first set in 45 minutes . The second began as tightly as the first as Mannarino halted Murray 's momentum with two holds of serve and the world number 38 could have broken at 2-2 but squandered two break points . Mannarino allowed his frustration to get the better of him in the following game and a wild forehand wide gave Murray the decisive break and a 4-2 lead . With victory in sight , Murray showed no signs of letting up and another Mannarino unforced error at 5-3 allowed the Scot to convert a second match point and seal a convincing win . Murray has his eye on the ball as he plays a backhand slice during his fourth-round match on Wednesday . Murray ( left ) shakes hands with his French opponent after sealing victory in Indian Wells . Feliciano Lopez gives the Indian Wells crowd the thumbs up after beating Kei Nishikori to reach the last eight . Murray praised Mannarino after the match , admitting the 26-year-old had proven a difficult opponent . 'It was a very tough match , he 's playing very well this year and he 's got a very tricky game , ' Murray told Sky Sports . 'He 's a lefty but he has a very flat backhand and a short take-back on his forehand so it 's hard to read . 'He moves well and he has good hands around the net - in both sets though he played one or two loose games which helped me and I stayed solid throughout . ' I was frustrated to get broken in the first set , I thought I started well but he came out firing . ' I tried to make a lot of balls and he did n't play a great game in the next game and that stopped his momentum . ' I started to feel more comfortable after that and went for my shots more . ' On equalling Henman 's record , Murray joked : 'That 's one of the few records Tim still had over me . ' I was n't actually aware of the record so that 's nice . Hopefully I can get through the next round and get past him . '
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