This archive report was first published on 27 September 2019.
Former world number one Andy Murray has been knocked out of the Zhuhai Championships in China, losing to Australian Alex de Minaur in the last 16.
Murray, now ranked 413 after returning from hip surgery, won the first set against de Minaur but ultimately slipped to a 4-6 6-2 6-4 defeat.
“Physically, I was struggling,” Murray said. “My level dropped off a little bit and he capitalised on that.”
Despite winning two matches on the lower-level Challenger Tour last month, Murray's first singles victory on the ATP Tour since January was a three-set win over Tennys Sandgren in the first round of the Zhuhai Championships.
Seventh seed de Minaur will now face Borna Coric in the quarter-finals after the Croat beat China's Wu Di 6-3 6-3.
