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Scotland's Andy Murray brushed aside Jurgen Melzer in straight sets to advance to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open on Monday. The fifth seeded Murray had a surprisingly comfortable 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 victory over the Austrian 11th seed in 1hr 44min on Rod Laver Arena as he bids to reach his second consecutive Australian Open final. Murray will now take on Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov, who upset Sweden's Robin Soderling, in Wednesday's fourth round. No. 2-ranked Vera Zvonareva continued her roll toward a third consecutive Grand Slam final with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Iveta Benesova. Andy Roddick's 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 fourth-round loss to 19th-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka on Sunday night means there's no Americans in the men's or women's quarterfinals. The eighth-seeded Roddick was the last American man standing. The women were out before the third round ended. No. 3 Novak Djokovic and No. 6 Tomas Berdych also won in the fourth round. Among the women, No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki and No. 9 Li Na advanced, while No. 14 Maria Sharapova lost to No. 30 Andrea Petkovic.Federer beat Tommy Robredo 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals for the 27th major in a row. In women's games, Zvonareva, who lost the Wimbledon final to Serena Williams and the U.S. Open final to Kim Clijsters last year, moved into a quarterfinal match against No. 25 Petra Kvitova, who rallied to beat No. 22 Flavia Pennetta 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
