Andy Murray beat Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas 6-4 6-3 at the European Open in Antwerp to reach his second quarter final in three weeks. The Scotsman has scored a record of 7 wins and 7 defeats since his singles return in Cincinnati. The double Olympic gold medallist lost against Dominic Thiem in the quarter finals two weeks ago in Beijing
Cuevas fended off seven break points in the opening set before Murray eventually broke serve in the 10th game to seal the first set 6-4.
Cuevas earned the only four break points in the first game of the second set. Murray got his second break in the sixth game to seal the second set 6-3.
“I thought I served quite well for most of the match, and, when I was able to get into the baseline rallies, I felt I was hitting the ball quite clean, which is good. He served very well, which made it difficult for me to get the breaks, but I thought for me it was a good match”, said Murray.
Murray will take on Romanian qualifier Marius Copil, who battled past Diego Schwartzman rom Argentina 6-4 5-7 7-6 (9-7). Murray beat Copil at last year’s Citi Open tournament in Washington in a 3-hour and 2 minute marathon match.
On the bottom half of the draw French Next Gen player Ugo Humbert cruised past David Goffin 6-3 6-1 in 68 minutes boosting his chance to qualify for the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan.
