New York, Sep 5: British tennis star Andy Murray has defeated 25th seed Feliciano Lopez to setup his US Open fourth round clash with American Donald Young.

Murray's third round 6-1, 6-4, 6-2, win at New York's Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday took him an hour and 54 minutes, the Guardian reports.

Young beat 24th seed Juan Ignacio Chela 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday.

The 22-year-old had earlier embarrassed Murray in their only meeting at Indian Wells in March. (ANI)