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Andy Murray rips a forehand past Lucas Pouille, attacking the net, on Thursday at the Shanghai Rolex Masters. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Getty Images photo.

Watch highlights of Bob and Mike Bryan's victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Nenad Zimonjic at the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Thursday. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com. Getty Images photo.

Two-time former champion Andy Murray was solid on first serve at the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Thursday when he booked a place in the quarter-finals with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over No. 13 seed Lucas Pouille. Murray will next challenge No. 11 seed David Goffin, who is attempting to clinch a spot at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, to be held at The O2 in London from 13-20 November, for the first time. Murray capitalised on Pouille’s inexperience, moving towards the net to finish points when the Frenchman floated back sliced backhands. The Scot won the first five games, broke in the first game of the second set and won 95 per cent of his first service points. He...

Gilles Simon upset No. 3 seed Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-4 in the third round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Thursday. The 31-year-old Frenchman earned the win in 96 minutes when Wawrinka found the net and will face Jack Sock in the quarter-finals. Though Simon trailed 4-2 in the pair’s FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry coming into the match, he had not lost to Wawrinka on hard court since 2010. The Frenchman’s natural tendency to take the ball early made it difficult for Wawrinka to find the range on his forehand. The Swiss led 3-1 but a flurry of unforced errors put Simon a set and a break up after an hour of play. Wawrinka broke back to even the second...

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic remained on course for a fourth Shanghai Rolex Masters crown on Thursday as he defeated Vasek Pospisil 6-4, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals. The Serbian is back in action for the first time since losing the US Open final to Stan Wawrinka and is chasing his eighth tour-level crown of the season. He has a 26-3 record at this ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament and is bidding to add to the trophies he won in 2012-13 and 2015. Each victory this week sees Djokovic keep pace with Andy Murray in the battle to finish the year-end No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. The Belgrade native started the week with a healthy 1,555-point lead...