Murray thrashes Groth in Aussies
Britain's Andy Murray swept past home hope Sam Groth to reach the third round of the Australian Open.
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The Scot, seeded number two, dismantled the Australian's big serve to win 6-0 6-4 6-1 in one hour and 30 minutes.
Groth, 28, has the fastest serve ever recorded to his name at 163mph, but was broken in his first four service games as Murray totally dominated.
Murray, 28, moves into the last 32 where he will face Portugal's Joao Sousa for the third time in four years.
Earlier, fellow Briton Johanna Konta beat China's Zheng Saisai 6-2 6-3 to reach the third round in the women's draw.
In their first singles meeting, Groth quickly discovered that his huge serve made barely a dent on the Murray return game.
After just 30 minutes Murray wrapped up a first set that was characterised by return winners and unplayable lobs from the Briton, and not one ace from the Australian.
Groth finally delivered his first ace after 36 minutes, only to drop serve again moments later, and there were 43 minutes on the clock when he finally got the scoreboard moving to trail 6-0 3-1.
—BBC
