ANDY Murray eased into the second round of the Hamburg Masters with a comfortable 6-4 6-1 victory over Russia's Dmitry Tursunov.

DINARA Safina has booked her place in the WTA Tour German Open final with a straight-sets win over teenager Victoria Azarenka.

DEFENDING champion Ana Ivanovic of Serbia crashed out of the German Open at the semi-final stage after a straight sets defeat to Elena Dementieva.

STANISLAS Wawrinka has progressed to the ATP Tour Masters Series Rome final, with No.6 seed Andy Roddick lasting only three games of their semi-final.

BRITISH No1 Andy Murray will face Russia's Dmitry Tursunov in the first round of this week's Hamburg Masters.