The Russian Aslan Karatsev puse for the participation of Andy Murray within Zhuhai tournament by defeating the veteran Scottish player, former world number 1, in the round of 16, by 4-6, 6-3 and 6-2, while the Argentine Tomas Martín Etcheverry reached the quarterfinals by eliminating the Czech Dalibor Svrcina in two sets.
For Murray, the seventh seed in the tournament and 41st in the ranking, the match seemed too long. He won the first set more due to Karátsev’s errors than his successes, but in the next two his game lacked depth and he showed progressive fatigue, allowing the Russian to always take the initiative and win after almost three time.
Karátsev, who has already beaten Murray in their only match, will face the winner of the match between the British Cameron Norrie and the Australian Marc Polmans.
The fifth favorite, Tomas Martín Etcheverry, easily entered the quarterfinals with their 6-2, 6-3 win Dalibor Svrcina. The Argentine tennis player will play qualifying for the semifinals with the American Sebastian Korda fourth seed, defeating the Frenchman 6-1, 2-6 and 6-3 Alexandre Muller.
Source: La Verdad
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