2nd day at the Zhuhai Championships, Murray wins first tour-level match since January

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Tuesday, 24 September 2019 at 21:02
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Fans in China had a lot to see on the second day of play in Zhuhai, when their home player advanced, De Minaur and Murray also won.

The day in Zhuhai started with a perfect turn of the match byPablo Andujar, who was losing to Steve Johnson already 6-2 and 2-0. But since then, the Spaniard has been able to win 12 out of 13 games and advanced to the next round.
In other matches players such as Ruud, Kecmanovic, Dzumhur or Cecchinato played. Ruud was forced to give up the match against Kecmanovic and qualifier Dzumhur surprised Cecchinato. The Italian won the first set 7-5 and had a break balls in the second, but Dzumhur managed to turn the match.
Zhizhen Zhang pleased the home spectators, when he managed to cope with qualifier Dominik Koepfer 7-5 and 6-2. The player with wild card continues to perform great when he won the Challenger in Jinan two weeks ago.
Alex De Minaur coped with fellow countryman John Millman smoothly 6-1 and 6-3 and the successful comeback was performed by Andy Murray. The British player won his first match since January when he defeated Tennys Sandgren 6-3, 6-7, 6-1.

Day 2 results at the Zhuhai Championships:

Johnson S. (Usa) 1 6 2 1
Andujar-Alba P. (Esp) 2 2 6 6
Ruud C. (Nor) ret. 0 2
Kecmanovic M. (Srb) 1 6
Koepfer D. (Ger) 0 5 2
Zhang Z. (Chn) 2 7 6
Dzumhur D. (Bih) 2 5 6 6
Cecchinato M. (Ita) 1 7 4 2
De Minaur A. (Aus) 2 6 6
Millman J. (Aus) 0 1 3
Sandgren T. (Usa) 1 3 78 1
Murray A. (Gbr) 2 6 66 6

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