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Andy Murray cruises into Indian Wells last eight

Andy Murray will play Spain's Feliciano Lopez in the quarter-finals © Getty Images

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Andy Murray moved level with Tim Henman's British career-wins record after beating France's Adrian Mannarino in straight sets at Indian Wells.

Murray eased past Mannarino 6-3 6-3 in California to book a quarter-final match-up with Spain's Feliciano Lopez, who edged past Japan's Kei Nishikori.

The victory means Murray has now equalled Henman's 496 career wins, which represents an Open era record for a British man.

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Murray was made to work hard by Mannarino's aggressive ground strokes but the Frenchman was too inconsistent and Murray took full advantage.

A double fault in Mannarino's first service game presented the world No.4 with a break point but Mannarino held his nerve on a high smash and sealed the game unscathed.

The first break of the match arrived soon after but it was Mannarino who took it, as this time Murray's second serve went long to give his opponent a surprise 3-2 advantage.

A superb forehand pass from Murray in the following game, however, seemed to jolt the Scot into life as he won the next three games in succession to lead 5-3.

Mannarino continued to come on the offensive, pinning his opponent back with an aggressive forehand, but Murray was clinical on the counter-attack and sealed the first set in 45 minutes.

The second began as tightly as the first as Mannarino halted Murray's momentum with two holds of serve and the world number 38 could have broken at 2-2 but squandered two break points.

Mannarino allowed his frustration to get the better of him in the following game and a wild forehand wide gave Murray the decisive break and a 4-2 lead.

With victory in sight, Murray showed no signs of letting up and another Mannarino unforced error at 5-3 allowed the Scot to convert a second match point and seal a convincing win.

Elsewhere, Tomas Berdych won an all-Czech battle on Court Two as he overcame Lukas Rosolv 6-2 4-6 6-4 to set up a quarter-final clash with the winner of Jack Sock and Roger Federer.

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