Murray into Australian Open fourth round

Britain’s Andy Murray serves to Lithuania’s Ricardas Berankis during their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

MELBOURNE — Andy Murray moved into the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday with a straight-sets victory over Lithuanian qualifier Ricardas Berankis.

The number three seed recorded a 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 victory in 2hr 12min and will next face the winner of the all-French match between Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon, to be played later on Saturday.