Andy’s playing trick or treat

Murray isn’t kidding around any more

hint of fatigue against Rosol. “I served very well,” said Murray. “I used good variation on the second serve. That’s something that I worked on a lot. It was good through the grass at Wimbledon.

“It was important for me. When I serve well, the rest of my game tends to follow.”

The ease of Murray’s win ought to have pleased Ivan Lendl but with the poker-faced coach, it is always hard to tell.

He has not spent any time with the Scot since Wimbledon but he appears to have fitted back into the team as seamlessly as ever.

So far, Murray and Lendl have not worked out the specifics of their coaching relationship but Murray is not worried.

He trusts his coach implicitly and is delighted with how well the dynamic of the team is working out.

The only downside is that Lendl’s jokes have not improved much since the start of the summer. “They’re still not funny,” said Murray. “Ivan knows how much time it takes to do the job properly.

“At the start, I said I’d be happy to come to him for some training blocks, but I haven’t spoken to him about a length of time yet.

“I’m happy with Jamie Delgado when Ivan’s not there. The time when Ivan is there, I find him very helpful and I’m happy with how much he is working with me just now.

“But Jamie has done a fantastic job since we started working together this year. People say it has been the best year of my career, so the team are working very well together.”

The only man making his progress look even easier than Murray was Novak Djokovic.

He was ushered into the third round without lifting a racket yesterday when Jiri Vesely pulled out of their match with an arm injury, which will give the world No1 a little more time to try to heal his own.