23 Jan 2012

Murray eases past Kukushkin to face Nishikori

8:04 pm on 23 January 2012

Fourth seed Andy Murray's beaten Mikhail Kukushkin to make the quarter-finals of the Australian tennis Open.

Murray was up two sets, winning both 6-1, and was leading the Kazahk 1-love before Kukushkin retired with injury.

The Scot will face Japan's Kei Nishikori in the quarter-finals, after Nishikori beat Frenchman Jo Wilfried Tsonga in five sets.