Murray wins easy comeback match

Murray, who missed the French Open and Wimbledon because of a wrist injury, was playing his first match since May.

Ginepri and Murray swapped breaks in each set but the American did not prove a real test for the British number one.

The Scot pounced on Ginepri's error-strewn play and used his strong groundstrokes to wrap up victory.

"I missed being out on the match court," Murray said afterwards. "It was good and went well out there.

"But it was quite tough, I had to do lots of defending and block returns but my first serve was going great."

Murray injured his wrist at the Hamburg Masters, and has had to delay his comeback on the US hard courts to continue specialist treatment.

The Scot, who slipped to 13th in the world during his absence, was pleased to come through unscathed in Montreal, and says his wrist will continue to improve.

"I didn't have any pain but it was such a bad injury that it takes time to build up my confidence on it," Murray said.

"I'm still holding back but hopefully I'll be able to hit it bigger with each match."

Murray's coach Brad Gilbert believes the Scot will be "back to 100% within a couple of weeks".

"He is already miles better than he was a few weeks ago," Gilbert told BBC Five Live. "But any time you have been out for a while and you think about something a little bit, it makes you a bit tentative.

Murray meets Italian qualifier Fabio Fognini in the next round with Roger Federer looming in the third round.

"But the more matches he plays over the next few weeks, the better it will be for his body and his game.

"It was killing Andy not to be out there playing, especially the last three weeks where the standard in some of his favourite tournaments has been very weak.

"He didn't get a chance to be a part of it but it only makes your stomach burn more."