Murray opens 2008 in style

Andy Murray wrapped up a comfortable 6-0 6-2 victory over Belgium's Olivier Rochus at the Doha Open to win his first match of 2008 in style.
 
The 20-year-old British number one, who needed only 78 minutes to claim his first triumph of the new year, will next face Rainer Schuettler in the second round after the German beat Romania's Andrei Pavel 1-6 6-2 6-0.
 
After a tight opening game, during which the third seeded Scot needed four chances to break the number one Belgian, Murray dominated the start of the match winning the first ten games.
 
Playing in his first tournament since dumping American coach Brad Gilbert and switching to a rotating team of coaches and trainers, the Scot said he was pleased with how his new coaching concept was working.
 
"It's difficult to travel for a long period with people if you are not getting on with them," Murray said.
 
"With Miles (Maclagan, his coach in Doha) I'm getting on good, but that's not the most important thing - to have a buddy with you.
 
"You need someone who's working hard and is going to tell you if you are doing something wrong rather than telling you that you know everything is going well every day. If you are only putting in 50-60 percent effort that's not what I wanted.
 
"I think Miles when he was playing was a pretty hard worker himself and his game style kind of showed that."
 
Murray, who spent three months of last season sidelined by a wrist injury before a storming second half of the year, needed less than 30 minutes to wrap up the opening set showing off a nice array of potent groundstrokes and tender net-play.
 
He won the first four games of the second set in equally dominate fashion before the world number 48 Rochus finally appeared on the scoreboard saving two break points to hold serve in the fifth.
 
Rochus then looked determined to make a contest of it, immediately breaking the world number 11 for the first time in the match.
 
The 26-year-old then claimed a 40-0 lead on his serve before allowing Murray to fight back brilliantly and break serve in by far the longest game of the match.
 
After the Briton claimed his sixth break in 17 tries to go up 5-2 in the second set, Murray easily served out for the match wrapping up the victory with a brutal service winner.