Murray bounces out Ukrainian bruiser

Britain's Andy Murray plays a return to Spain's Rafael Nadal , during a sem... Melbourne: Andy Murray overpowered Ukrainian Illya Marchenko 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday to book a place in the third round of the Australian Open, triggering wild crowd scenes under the floodlights. Margaret Court Arena erupted in soccer-style celebrations after the fifth seed, runner-up last year in Melbourne, wrapped up a one-sided victory in a shade under two hours. Australian Open Feverishly pumping his fists in the direction of his coach after pinching the odd point or game, the muscle-bound Marchenko had very little substance to back up his extravagance. Murray calmly put an end to the Ukrainian's posturing and racket-throwing tantrums, hammering an unplayable serve down the middle to close out the match up set up a meeting with Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.