Andy Murray’s pursuit of the world number one ranking was severely tested by Slovak left-hander Martin Klizan in his Vienna opener on Wednesday before the British star clinched a 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-0 win. Murray’s best chance of taking the world number one spot will be to capture the title in Vienna, where he was champion in 2012, as well as next week’s Paris Masters. Australian Open and French Open champion Djokovic has spent a total of 222 weeks at number one in three spells -- including his current run of 121 consecutive weeks. Murray then served for the match at 6-5 in the second set, but world number 35 Klizan battled back to break and snatch the tiebreak. Ivo Karlovic of Croatia is also into the last-eight after 33 aces took him to a 7-6 (6), 4-6, 7-6 (5) win over Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia.

Source: Hindustan Times October 27, 2016 04:25 UTC