ATP Antwerp: Andy Murray continues after a tough fight against Marius Copil
Andy Murray reached the semi-finals on Friday evening at the ATP-250 tournament in Antwerp after a hard fight. The Briton had a match ball in the second set but only after three rounds Marius Copil wrestled with 6: 3, 6: 7 (7), 6: 4 down.
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last edit: Oct 18, 2019, 09:43 pm
It's Murray's first semi-final since the French Open 2017. Murray already led 5-2 in the second set, but showed a very weak serve at 5: 3 and suffered a break.
In the tiebreak he came to a match point, but Copil used his second set ball and forced a decision set. There Murray took the decisive break in the ninth game and served after two hours and 35 minutes to match win.
Andreas Seppi shocks Karen Khachanov
At the ATP-250 tournament in Moscow, Andreas Seppi provided the biggest surprise of the day. The Italian beat local hero Karen Khachanov 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3 and face Adrian Mannarino in the semi-finals, beating Dusan Lajovic 7: 6 (3), 6: 1.
Marin Cilic (three-way victory over Jeremy Chardy) and Andrey Rublev two-set win over Lucky Loser Nikola Milojevic) complete the semi-final.
Denis Shapovalov wins against Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe failed in the quarterfinals at the ATP tournament in Stockholm. The 29-year-old was defeated by four-seeded Canadian Denis Shapovalov on Friday with 0: 6, 3: 6, for Stebe it remains in 2019 so that in a semi-final appearance.
In July he was even in Gstaad / Switzerland for the first time in his career in the finals of an ATP tournament drafted, but then there was no chance against the Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas. At the endowed with over 700,000 euros hard court tournament in Stockholm Stebe was the only German representative.