British No.1 Andy Murray continued his impressive form with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Lucas Pouille of France to secure a place in the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters.
The world No.2, who landed the China Open title last week, had coasted past American Steve Johnson on Wednesday, and 13th seed Pouille was also given little opportunity following another dominant display.
Pouille was broken in his first two services game as Murray, producing a range of attacking winners from across the baseline, raced into a 5-0 lead before closing out the first set in 40 minutes.
Murray continued his momentum into the second set, breaking world No.16 Pouille in the first game to open up a 3-1 advantage.
Pouille, beaten by Murray at the Rome Masters, finally began to find his range as the set continued with serve.
Murray, however, remained on the offensive himself as he closed in on victory at 5-3.
The 29-year-old Scot missed a couple of match points on Pouille's next service game, before rifling a return down the line to secure a comfortable victory in one hour and 19 minutes.
Next up for Murray will be either sixth seed Gael Monfils of France or the 11th-seeded Belgian David Goffin, who play in Thursday's late match.
The British No.1 was happy he could produce another impressive display, having won 95 per cent of his first service points.
Murray said on Sky Sports: "Once I got ahead, I did feel like I played a good match. I moved well.
"He is a big hitter of the ball, but I felt I was able to dictate a lot of the points and when I was defending I came up with some good shots."
On his potential quarter-final, Murray added: "I have not played Monfils for quite a long time, but I grew up with him in the juniors... both of them move really well and have played really well this year.
"It will be a tough match for me and will need to play well."
