Winston-Salem Open: Andy Murray beats fortunate failure Noah Rubin after Nick Kyrgios pulls out
Winston-Salem Open: Andy Murray beats fortunate failure Noah Rubin after Nick Kyrgios pulls out England's Andy Murray crushed American fortunate washout Noah Rubin in the Winston-Salem Open initially round after planned rival Nick Kyrgios pulled out. Previous world number one Murray, 34, beat Rubin 6-2 6-0 and secured triumph by dominating 10 progressive matches. The three-time Grand Slam champion was because of face Australia's Kyrgios, who pulled out on account of a knee injury. Murray, who is set to contend at the US Open from 30 August, will confront American Frances Tiafoe next in North Carolina. Live scores, results and request of play Cautions: Get tennis news shipped off your telephone "I couldn't say whether I planned to play around evening time. They said on the off chance that I was playing against a qualifier, I wouldn't play and afterward I drew a fortunate failure. It was interesting," said Murray. "It was clearly hard for 4...