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![]() | Andy Murray showed his class against Cuevas, an 18-year-old at Monfis18-10-2019 |
Andy Murray showed the most solid game since returning to the court so far and beat Antwerp Pablo Cuevas at number 8 in the Men`s Tennis Tournament by 6:4, 6:3. So the Scotsman, who has been recovering from surgery for a long timeon his feet, qualify for the quarterfinals and there he will meet Romanian Marius Kopil. The former leader in the men`s rankings, who underwent a career-saving operation in January, reflected all four breakthrough points he faced while losing just six points in his service.
After a difficult and tormented victory over local favorite Kimer Copaence in the first round, Murray showed some of his best skills, as well as enough aggression to handle Uruguayan Cuevas. The three-time Grand Slam winner covered all corners of his playing field and looked pretty dangerous on the net, scoring his 7th ATP single win this season.
Playing mostly with the powerful service Romanian Kopil, who made 13 aces against Diego Schwartzman and beat him 6:4, 5:7, 7:6 (7), is his next opponent for the semifinals.
Italian teenager Janic Sinner is proud of his most career-winning streak after eliminating the world number 13 and leading the tournament in the Gael Monfis 6-3, 6-2 scheme. Thus, the 18-year-old Italian whoentered with wild card, will play for the first time in the quarterfinals in an ATP tournament.
His next opponent is Francis Tiafo (USA), who won 6:3, 6:4 at 7-min Jan-Lennard Schruff. Sinner, who has a total of five ATP wins - all in 2019-will also try to win a place in the Next Gen ATP Finals, which will be held in Milan in November.
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