Murray will play Santiago Giraldo in the third round after the Colombian beat Australia's 25th seed Bernard Tomic 6-4 6-1 6-3.

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Ferrer will now face seventh seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for a place in the semifinals, after the Frenchman saw off Colombian qualifier Santiago Giraldo 6-3 6-4.

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Seventh seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Colombian qualifier Santiago Giraldo 6-3 6-4 and will face Ferrer in the last eight, while fifth seed Robin Soderling went down 6-3 6-2 to Stanislas Wawrinka .

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