Andy Murray knocked out of Zhuhai ChampionshipsPosted by poch1991@jourrapide.com on September 27th, 2019 Britain's Andy Murray said he played "only top-70, top-60 level" tennis as he lost to Alex de Minaur in the last 16 of the Zhuhai Championships. Former world number one Murray - now ranked 413 after returning from hip surgery - won the first set against the Australian in China. But the 32-year-old slipped to a 4-6 6-2 6-4 defeat by the world number 31. "Physically, I was struggling," he said. "My level dropped off a little bit and he capitalised on that.". Murray won two matches on the lower-level Challenger Tour at the Rafa Nadal Open last month. But Tuesday's three-set win over Tennys Sandgren in the first round of the Zhuhai Championships was his first singles victory on the ATP Tour since January. "My body held up well after two pretty long matches but the rest of my body is just tired," Murray said. "I wasn't able to sustain it for long enough. I played one or two good points, but then I was trying to finish the points a little bit early and shot selection goes down when you're tired." Seventh seed De Minaur will now face Borna Coric in the quarter-finals after the Croat beat China's Wu Di 6-3 6-3. Also in China, fellow Briton Dan Evans lost 5-7 5-7 to Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov in last 16 at the Chengdu Open. Like it? Share it! More by this author |