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Murray To Clash With Countryman Edmund In Beijing QFs

Top seed Andy Murray of Great Britain advanced to the final eight of the China Open after dismissing Russia’s Andrey Kuznetsov 6-2, 6-1 on Wednesday evening. The 2014 semifinalist (l. to Djokovic) won 81 per cent of first-serve points and broke his opponent seven times during the 76-minute encounter. By reaching his 11th quarter-final of the season, Murray improves to a 57-9 match record — the most wins on the ATP World Tour this season. Along the way, he picked up four titles: Rome (d. Djokovic), London/Queen’s Club (d. Raonic), the Rio Olympics (d. del Potro), and his second Wimbledon crown (d. Raonic). He next faces countryman Kyle Edmund, who dismissed Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in their...

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#NextGen Zverev Continues Top 20 Push In Beijing

#NextGen star Alexander Zverev extended his win streak to seven matches on Wednesday at the China Open by storming into the quarter-finals over Jack Sock, 6-4, 6-2. "I thought I served very well, played very aggressively and returned pretty good," said Zverev. "I had to take away his very good forehand from the baseline and being a break up each set gave me a little bit of confidence."  Next up for Zverev is fifth seed David Ferrer, who defeated Fabio Fognini earlier in the day, 6-3, 6-4. Ferrer leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head rivalry 1-0, but that win came over two years ago in Hamburg and Zverev is a much improved player since then.  “He beat me quite easily when...

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