Murray beats Kuznetsov in four-sets to advance to last 16 at US Open

British number one Andy Murray defeated Russia's Andrey Kuznetsov in four-sets to advance to the last 16 at the US Open.

The 2012 champion beat Kuznetsov 6-1, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 with a patchy performance on the Louis Armstrong Stadium; the second show court at Flushing Meadows, and will now play French ninth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in round four.

Murray said that the first couple of sets were pretty good and then he started a bit slow in the beginning of the third, adding that Kuznetsov gained confidence from that and the Russian definitely started hitting the ball better in the third set, The BBC reported.

Murray said that it could have been a bit quicker if he got that break point at 4-4 in the third set, but he added that each time he had a slip, he did a decent job of getting himself back into the sets, getting a break straight away.

He added that even when he got broken at the end of the match, he broke the next game.

Murray said that when he was down 4-1 in the third set, he got himself back into the set. He added that that is really what one needs to do, to give oneself opportunities in every set and in matches.