Mardy Fish wins first match in two years to set up clash with Andy Murray

Andy Murray will play Mardy Fish in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters after the American claimed his first ATP Tour singles victory since 2013.

Fish, who has revealed he will retire following the US Open, missed 18 months of tennis due to a heart condition, but the 33-year-old looked more than comfortable when dispatching world number 20 Viktor Troicki 6-2 6-2 in just 68 minutes on Monday evening.

Fish told atpworldtour.com: "I was a little surprised at my level. I hadn't practiced a ton or particularly well for a little while. I was struggling with my serve.

"A friend of mine came in a couple days and helped, but it was still sort of a struggle even yesterday to sort of find my serve. I was obviously real happy with the level."

Fish is looking forward to facing Murray, who is up to world No 2 after winning the Montreal Masters last week. 

"He's pretty fantastic so far," Fish said of the in-form Scot. "He's won a ton of matches. He's won more matches than anyone this year, so he'll be tough."

Ivo Karlovic is through to a second-round meeting with Martin Klizan after beating 10th seed Gilles Simon 6-4 6-7 6-2 while Thomaz Bellucci edged Jiri Vesely 7-6 6-2 to book a clash with Tomas Berdych.

Benoit Paire's prize for conquering Gilles Muller 7-6 7-6 is a showdown with top seed and world No 1 Novak Djokovic and Marin Cilic lies in wait for Joao Sousa after the Portuguese removed Philipp Kohlschreiber with a 6-2 6-7 6-2 victory.

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