World No. 2 Andy Murray won an all-British clash with Kyle Edmund on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the China Open in Beijing. The top seed overcame stiff resistance from #NextGen star Edmund in the first set before claiming a 7-6(9), 6-2 victory. “He made it very tough for me. He’s improving at a solid pace now. His [Emirates ATP] ranking is moving in the right direction,” said Murray. “He’s getting there. If he keeps going on the path he’s on just now, he’ll be up at the top of the game very soon.” Murray goes on to face fifth seed David Ferrer as he looks to reach his ninth tour-level final of the season. “Every match against him,...
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Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Gilles Simon’s partnership at the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2016 continues to bear fruit, as the Pakistani and the Frenchman advanced to the semi-finals with a 6-2, 6-2 performance against Robert Lindstedt and Alexander Peya on Friday.
Qureshi’s instincts at the net were well complemented by Simon’s strong returning. The pair broke serve six times to seal victory in 58 minutes. They will next face No. 2 seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram, who are sixth in the Emirates ATP Race To London.
Awaiting the winners of that match are Marcel Granollers and Marcin Matkowski, who beat Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 7-6(2), 7-5 to move into the final.