Andy Murray beats David Goffin with vintage effort
/dnl.eurosport.com/sd/img/placeholder/eurosport_logo_1x1.png){kind=logo}
ByEurosport
Updated 27/09/2018 at 18:44 GMT
Andy Murray produced the best win of his comeback so far with a 6-3 6-4 victory over top seed David Goffin in the last 16 of the Shenzhen Open.
Andy Murray
Image credit: PA Sport
Former world number one Murray enjoyed a first win over a top-15 player since his return from hip surgery after a year out.
Goffin is ranked 11 in the world, and was defending the tournament he won a year ago.
It is a win that will give Murray - who is ranked at 311 - enormous heart as he prepares for a quarter-final meeting with sixth seed Fernando Verdasco, who ousted him from the US Open second round in June.
"I felt like in terms of the way I hit the ball, it was the best I've played, and I think I knew that I was going to have to hit the ball very well if I wanted to win," Murray said.
Fellow Brit Cameron Norrie had already reached the last eight with a 6-4 7-6 (10-8) win over world number 18 Borna Coric.
World number 73 Norrie enjoyed 14 aces and saved nine out of 11 break points as he claimed the match 10-8 in the second set on the seventh match point.
He could potentially meet Murray in the semi-final.
British number two Norrie's reward is a meeting with Yoshihito Nishioka after the Japanese sixth seed completed a shock 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 7-5 victory over Denis Shapovalov.
Scan me
Related Topics
Share this article
/images.sports.gracenote.com/images/lib/basic/geo/country/flag/large/2205.png)
/images.sports.gracenote.com/images/lib/basic/geo/country/flag/large/4058.png)