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If Andy Murray hadn’t recovered from his five-set, second-round marathon against Adrian Mannarino on his off day from competition, the Scot showed he had made sufficient progress in his relatively breezy third round affair against Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci late on...

The 34th-ranked Mayer had given the 17-time Grand Slam champion trouble in their only previous meeting, when Federer saved five match points to win in three sets in Shanghai past year. The 28-year-old Scot faces Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in round two on Thursday.