Murray, Konta win in Rio

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Andy Murray continued his comfortable progress at the Rio Olympics with a straight sets win over Juan Monaco in the second round of the men’s singles.

British No 1 Johanna Konta also progressed to the quarter-finals, but had to battle back from a set down to complete a gruelling 3-6 7-5 7-5 win over eighth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Konta staged a spirited response in the second set and finally converted her fourth match point to defeat the experienced Russian in a match that lasted three hours and seven minutes. 

Murray, the defending Olympic champion, had earlier easily …

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