Andy Murray sweeps past Bernard Tomic at Miami Masters

Andy Murray opened his Miami Masters campaign with a routine 6-3 6-1 victory over an out-of-sorts Bernard Tomic.

Tomic, ranked 45th in the world, forced three break points early in the match, but the Australian faded badly as Murray won in 56 minutes.

"Once I got ahead, I played consistently. I served pretty well and didn't give him too many opportunities," Murray told BBC 5 live.

If he wins the title, he will be world number two ahead of Roger Federer.

Tomic, who beat five higher-ranked players en route to an impressive tournament win in Sydney in January, was jeered by some of the Miami crowd as he surrendered the match in meek fashion.

After initially applying pressure to Murray's serve in the first set, the 20-year-old's game crumbled and his movement around the court slowed.

"A few days ago I got sick," he admitted afterwards.

"I felt OK until I started to warm up. My body didn't react well and I found it difficult to breathe. Andy played well and against a player like that you have to play well, but unfortunately I didn't have the game to do that."

The Australian handed Murray a break in the fourth game of the second set with successive double faults, before slipping 5-1 behind as he lost his serve again.

The Scot, who was rarely tested by an opponent he had beaten in straight sets in their only previous meeting, duly served out to navigate what had seemed a potentially tricky opening encounter.

Grigor Dimitrov will be Murray's opponent in the third round after Italy's Simone Bolelli retired from his match against the Bulgarian.

Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or Croat Marin Cilic are among Murray's potential quarter-final opponents with former Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych seeded to meet the 25-year-old in the semi-finals.

Murray, who bases himself in Miami for several months of the year, reached the final of last year's tournament, where he was defeated by Novak Djokovic.