Andy Murray wary ahead of clash against ‘motivated’ Milos Raonic

Victory: Murray trounced Flavio Cipolla in Toronto.© SNS Group

Andy Murray has expressed doubts in the run-up to his match against Milos Raonic.

The world number four reached the last 16 of the ATP Rogers Cup in Toronto last night after overcoming Italy's Flavio Cipolla 6-1 6-3.

Despite picking up gold at the Olympics, Murray is wary of the "improved" Canadian number one Milos Raonic, whom he goes up against tonight for a place in the quarter-finals.

"It will be tough. He'll obviously be very motivated playing in his own country," Murray said of the 21-year-old 16th seed on www.atpworldtour.com.

The Scot, who is trying for his ninth Masters 1000 title, added: "He's improved a lot over the last year, year and a half. He's playing really, really good tennis. Very big guy with a big game. Serves well and hits the ball very hard."

Cipolla made it past Estonian Jurgen Zopp in the first round but found himself completely dominated by a confident Murray.

Murray lobbed three aces and seven winners at the Rome-based player, who strained to keep up as the Olympic champion showed no signs of giving ground.

"After playing for eight weeks on grass pretty much, it's very different here," the second seed said. "The ball is very quick compared with Wimbledon. It also bounces much higher.

"The court is much slower as well, so there are a lot of things to change. I only got a couple of hits on the court, so it was good to play a match and get a win fairly comfortably."

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