BEIJING - Andy Murray stormed into the China Open quarter-finals with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Andrey Kuznetsov on Wednesday, as on the outer courts the tournament's younger players appeared in control. Britain's Andy Murray shows his frustration after losing a point to Andrey Kuznetsov of Russia during the men's single second round match at the China Open in Beijing on October 5, 2016. The German two-time Grand Slam champion will meet 22-year-old Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, who downed Savine Lisicki 6-4, 6-4. Twenty-one-year-old British qualifier Kyle Edmund outgunned 18th-ranked Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to set up a quarter final meet with Murray. Zverev claimed the scalp of world number 10 Dominic Thiem in the first round of the China Open, a week after he beat world number three Stan Wawrinka to claim his maiden career title in St Petersburg.

Source: Bangkok Post October 05, 2016 15:22 UTC