Murray rates Pacific chances

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The Scot, who reached the semi-finals of the California tournament last year, booked his place in the third round with a hard-fought win 3-6 6-3 6-3 over Jurgen Melzer on Sunday.

Murray told Sky Sports: "I played really well here and like the conditions. It is a tough draw but I am hoping I can play like I did last year."

He added: "My game feels really good - I am moving well and volleying well.

"If I can maintain the level I had for the second and third sets I have a good chance of doing well here."

Murray admitted Melzer's flying start did take him by surprise.

"I wasn't expecting him to come out and start smoking the returns like that," he added. "He was just hitting clean winners and coming behind my second serves a lot.

"But once I started to get into the match a bit more and make a few first serves and get a bit more kick on my second serve, he started to miss.

"He wasn't able to come forward as much because I changed my tactics a bit and played more aggressive.

"I won the majority of my points after that and that's what I was most pleased about. Even though his tactics were good early on I managed to turn it around and was doing to him what he was doing to me."