US Open: Andy Murray admits not being at his best against Paolo Lorenzi

Andy Murray admits he had to win ugly to reach the US Open last 16 after the British number one battled past Italy's Paolo Lorenzi on Saturday

New York: Andy Murray admits he had to win ugly to reach the US Open last 16 after the British number one battled past Italy's Paolo Lorenzi on Saturday.

Andy Murray

Murray was far from his best in Arthur Ashe Stadium but he dug deep to win 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 and book a fourth-round meeting with Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov.

The Scot has still only dropped one set so far this year at Flushing Meadows but he made 63 unforced errors against Lorenzi — three times as many as he committed in either of his opening rounds.

After a poor second set, however, Murray tightened up in the third and fourth, pulling away from the Italian to seal a routine victory. "It took me a little bit longer than I would have liked to work things out but I won, got through, and I didn't play good so I'm happy with that," Murray said.

"He's ranked 40 in the world. He's pretty good, so I expected a tough match. I expected long rallies.

"I'm just disappointed with the amount of errors I made. I was quite impatient at times. That cost me in the first and second sets."

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