He’s back! Murray into Stuttgart quarter-final

Andy Murray defeated Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 7 seed, 6-3, 7-6 [4] to advance to the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Open at Tennis Club Weissenhof on Thursday afternoon.

More than that, the former world No 1 may next play Stefanos Tsitsipas, who faces Swiss qualifier Dominic Stricker next.

In the previous round, Murray beat Australian qualifier Christopher O’Connell (6-4, 6-3), while Bublik, ranked No 42, beat American Denis Kudla (7-6 [3], 7-5) in the previous round.

Stuttgart ATP 250, other second-round results (Tennis Club Weissenhof, grass, EUR 769.645, most recent results first):

• Lorenzo Sonego (6) beat Jan-Lennard Struff (WC): 7-6 [2], 7-6 [4]
• Oscar Otte beat Denis Shapovalov: 7-6 [6], 7-6 [4]
• Matteo Berrettini (2) beat Radu Albot (Q): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
• Benjamin Bonzi beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 [3], 6-2

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