Murray thrashes Juan Carlos Ferrero

Andy Murray's hard-court season continues to improve, as he took just 75 minutes to dismiss the challenge of the Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero in straight sets. "I came out with really good intensity," Murray said.

Ferrara, a former World No 1, was made to look foolish by the young Scot in a one-sided 6-1, 6-3 demolition that saw Murray ease into the quarter-finals of the Canada Masters in Montreal with few problems.

His opponent in the next round will be Nikolay Davdenko, the Russian No 8 seed, who is dangerous on this surface having reached the semi-finals of the US Open twice. Beyond that, fellow Top 4 players Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal remain in the draw.

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING
Simon Cambers, the Times: "Andy Murray produced a near-flawless performance yesterday to beat Juan Carlos Ferrero. The Scot, who can take the world No 2 ranking from Rafael Nadal by winning the title, was utterly dominant as he dismissed the former world No 1 from Spain with the minimum of fuss. Ferrero had stepped on to court full of confidence, but having beaten Lleyton Hewitt and Gaël Monfils in the first two rounds, looked to have learnt little from his two defeats by Murray this summer at Queen’s and Wimbledon."

Richard Jago, the Guardian: "It seems remarkable now that when Novak Djokovic won the Canada Masters title here two years ago, beating both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal en route, he was regarded as having moved so far ahead of Murray that he had exposed fatal flaws in the Scot's make-up. He had not. Nor had Djokovic achieved the parity with the top two that it seemed he might have done, something underlined this year during which Djokovic's vibrant, contentious best has been seen only in spasms."

Mark Hodgkinson, Daily Telegraph: "Over the last couple of months, whenever Ferrero has had a good tournament, such as when he made the semi-finals at Queen's Club, when he used a wild card at Wimbledon to reach the quarter-finals, and when he came through the qualifying competition in Montreal to feature in the third round of the main draw, he has gone no further on the draw-sheet because he was simply unable to deal with the all-round class from Murray's strings. Murray, at his first tournament since Wimbledon, simply had too much colour, variety and power for Ferrero, and, for the third time in their three matches this summer, he defeated the Spaniard without dropping a set." ·