Andy Murray improved his record to 21-0 since the US Open by beating Jeremy Chardy of France 6-2, 6-4 yesterday and advanced to the third round at the Paris Masters.

The second-seeded Briton, who last lost to Rafael Nadal in the US Open semifinals but has won 26 of 27 matches since mid-August, jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first set. In the second set, Murray broke Chardy early and held on to win when a backhand volley from the Frenchman sailed wide.

Murray will next face Andy Roddick of the United States.

David Ferrer of Spain, Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia and Viktor Troicki of Serbia also all won in straight sets to advance.

The fourth-seeded Ferrer beat Nicolas Mahut of France 6-4, 6-4.

Mahut double-faulted to drop serve at 1-1 before sending a backhand return long to lose the first set.

The Spaniard clinched victory on an unforced error.

The 11th-seeded Tipsarevic defeated Alex Bogomolov Jr. of the United States 6-1, 6-0.

Bogomolov took the opening game before losing 12 in a row.

Tipsarevic will next play Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic.

Troicki downed Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 6-4, 6-4.

Berdych is just one win away from securing a berth in the ATP World Tour Finals after beating Fernando Verdasco of Spain 6-3, 7-5 in the second round on Tuesday.