Murray to take on Ancic in Barcelona

Andy Murray will play Mario Ancic in the second round of the Open Sabadell

Atlantico in Barcelona.

The Scot, who has climbed one place to 19th in the world rankings, had a bye but Ancic set up the tie with a 6-1 6-0 demolition of

Mischa Zverev.

The pair have met three times - all on hard courts - with the Croatian holding

a 2-1 lead.

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Survived: Murray

On their last meeting in the Masters Series in Miami at the end of March, the

British number one squandered two match points before Ancic won the second-round

match on a tie-break in the third set.

Murray had won the previous encounter in February when his straight sets

victory saw him lift the Open 13 title in Marseille.

The Dunblane player accepted a wildcard to the tournament as he looks to build

up his form on clay before the French Open and last week achieved his best

result on the surface when he reached the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters

only to be soundly beaten by Novak Djokovic.

Murray is expected to make further progress towards his goal of becoming a

top-five player over the coming months as he has no ranking points to defend

between May and August.

The Scot, 20, missed almost three months of last season with a serious wrist

injury which ruled him out of both the French Open and Wimbledon.