Published 17:38 IST, October 18th 2019

Andy Murray beats Pablo Cueves to enter European Open quarter-final

Andy Murray the three-time Grand Slam champion continues to make his way to form after been out for almost 10 months following his career-saving hip surgery.

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Former world number one Andy Murray continues to make his way back to form after cruised into quarter-finals at Antwerp on Thursday with a 6-4, 6-3 defeat on Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas. Murray, who is a three-time Grand Slam champion, was out of tennis almost 10 months after a career-saving hip surgery. Earlier, Murray registered his first ATP singles match win on European soil by beating Belgian wild card Kimmer Coppejans 6-4, 7-6 (4) in opening round of current tournament. 

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Andy Murray's thoughts on his win at European Open

After letting slip his first seven break-point chances of match, 32-year-old Scot kept pushing for a breakthrough. And once he did, re was looking back as he clinched match in one hour and 24 minutes.

After an impressive win, Murray was clearly happy with result and said that he felt a bit better while playing match. He also felt that he served quite well for most of match and felt like he was hitting ball quite clean when he got into baseline rallies.

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Andy Murray ranking and next opponent

Murray, currently ranked 243rd in world, held serve throughout against eighth seed Cuevas before sealing victory in 84 minutes. He will take on Romania's Marius Copil, who hit 13 aces past third seed Diego Schwartzman in a 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (9/7) win on Friday for a place in last four.

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Murray, who is pursuing his first ATP Tour title since 2017 in Dubai, has won both of his previous matches against Copil, including a three-hour, two-minute triumph last year at Citi Open.

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14:45 IST, October 18th 2019