Simon Briggs
Daily Telegraph tennis correspondent on Radio 5 live sports extra

"This match hasn't caught light so far. There have been far too many unforced errors, particularly from Benneteau."

Murray working Benneteau around the court, just waiting for the error to come at the moment, and it does, on the Frenchman's usually solid backhand. He recovers though, thumping an ace down the middle. And another good serve gives him an easy putaway at the net. Murray fires long, and Benneteau has another hold.

Benneteau drags a forehand horribly wide on the first point, that wasn't pretty. Ace from Murray, his serve really ticking along nicely so far. Benneteau larrups a return into the tramlines, he still hasn't found his timing yet. And another one flies wide from the racquet of the home favourite. Murray cruising so far.

That's better from Benneteau, wrong-footing Murray with a backhand down the line. Murray nets a second serve, Benneteau just about does enough with a smash. And another smash, this one converted more emphatically, and the Frenchman is on the board.

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Away from the tennis for a second to the swimming World Cup in Tokyo where Fran Halsall takes her tally to four medals.

Having won 50m freestyle and backstroke gold on Tuesday, the double Commonwealth champion claimed two more medals today on day two.

Halsall made it a hat-trick of gold medals as she stormed to victory in the 100m freestyle, before she took silver in the 50m butterfly with a new British record time of 25.29.

Lovely one-two punch from Murray, following the serve down the middle with a roundhouse drive volley. And again, Murray goes down the T, this time an ace. Benneteau into the net, dear me, this is a jittery start from the Frenchman. And Benneteau is beaten by a Murray pass down at his toes. The Scot looking razor sharp so far. He's in no mood to hang about, and who can blame him?

Benneteau whips a crosscourt forehand into the net to give us our first point against serve. And now a double fault from the Frenchman, this is an edgy start. And another! Oh la la. 15-40, two break points. Can you believe it? Benneteau dishes up another double fault to hand Murray the easiest break you could wish for. Murray breaks.

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Murray with the honour. He opens up with a meaty forehand winner, what a statement of intent that is! Benneteau fires wide, ace into the corner from Murray, and then he polishes off an easy forehand at the net. A nice start for the Scot, who won't mind all his service games being that straightforward today.

Simon Briggs
Daily Telegraph tennis correspondent on Radio 5 live sports extra

"I heard Andy Murray say he wasn't expecting too much from this. But an element of that is where he is trying to take the pressure of himself and be able to relax a little bit. When you are winning and been a run like he has, you want to keep that going. Andy will be tired but he must have a lot of confidence."

Listen to Andy Murray's second-round match on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra by clicking on the Live Coverage at the top of the page.

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Murray leads the head-to-head against Benneteau 4-0, in case you were wondering.

Commentary of this match is on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra. Russell Fuller is on hand to talk you through this encounter, alongside Simon Briggs of the Telegraph.

The players are out on court. Home-crowd darling Benneteau looking exceptionally classy in a navy polo shirt and pressed white shorts. A few last swigs from his water bottle from Murray, and it's showtime....

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While we wait for Murray and Benneteau to take to the court, a minor shock could be brewing elsewhere in Paris.

David Ferrer gave Murray a heck of a match in Valencia last week, but his place in London could be in jeopardy - he's just lost the second set of his match against Belgium's David Goffin - one of the hottest players on Tour at the moment.

If Goffin can nick the deciding set (and he has a formidable record over three sets this year) to knock out Ferrer, the Spaniard could miss the season-ending Finals for the first time since 2009.

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And don't just restrict yourself to events in Paris, we want to know - can Andy Murray go far at the World Tour Finals in London, or has he burnt himself out with his hectic schedule?

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In normal circumstances, you'd expect Murray to have too much for the home favourite, but just how much will the Scot have left in the tank?

He beat Tommy Robredo in a see-sawing minor epic of final at the weekend, the longest the ATP has seen this year - a game in which both players looked entirely cream-crackered at times.

Not only that, Murray has played the last five weeks in a row. He admits that his expectations this week "aren't incredibly high". Will a run in the French capital prove a step too far?

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It's now time to turn our attention to Paris, where Andy Murray is bidding to seal his place at the World Tour Finals.

The British number one needs to win his first two matches to be assured of qualifying for the end-of-season tournament in London, though he's likely to make it anyway if other results go his way.

First up for Murray is Frenchman Julien Benneteau. The world number 28 beat Yen Hsun Lu in the first round. You may remember Benneteau as the gangly customer who took Roger Federer to five sets at Wimbledon 2012 before succumbing to the eventual champion.

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West Ham striker Andy Carroll believes European qualification is a realistic target for the Hammers after their impressive start to the season.

Carroll has not yet played this season due to an ankle injury, but in his absence Enner Valencia and Diafra Sakho have flourished, firing West Ham to victories over Manchester City and Liverpool.

"I think we can push right on for Europe," Carroll told the club's website., external "I don't see why not - I think all the lads are positive about that and I know the gaffer is too. We're playing fantastically."

Leicester Tigers have signed centre Jack Roberts from Championship side Rotherham Titans.

The 22-year-old ex-Wales Under-16 and U-18 international spent one season with the Titans, scoring 12 tries in 36 games to help them reach the play-offs.

Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill said: "Jack is a young and ambitious player who we have seen play well in Championship company.

"Now he has an opportunity to take that potential into a Premiership club."

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Newcastle summer signing Remy Cabella says he doesn't blame manager Alan Pardew for dropping him to the bench.

The Frenchman lost his place in the starting line-up earlier this month after starting Newcastle's first six league games. Cabella told French paper L'Equipe: "It's logical. The coach had been starting me in the first two months, but I had not scored or had an assist."

But Cabella returned as a substitute on Sunday on Tottenham and set up Ayoze Perez's winner.

"I have not eased up, I have worked more," he said. "My first assist is good for the confidence. Alan Pardew wants me to be more decisive." Newcastle play Manchester City in the League Cup tonight.

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Former Scotland international Chris Iwelumo has announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 36.

Iwelumo joined Conference side Chester on a one-year deal in June and scored once in his 10 outings.

He was capped four times by his country and scored more than 100 goals in over 500 senior appearances at club level. Sadly, despite his impressive career, he will perhaps be forever remembered for his inexplicable miss for Scotland against Norway in 2008.

It doesn't get any prettier looking at it again.