Murray Tames the Beast; Hrbaty Upset at NottinghamPosted on June 22, 2006 Scot Andy Murray overcame Max Mirnyi 7-6(2), 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Red Letter Days Open in Nottingham on Wednesday. The 19-year-old, who entered the event as a wild card, holds a 7-4 grass-court record in his career.
In today's match, Murray won 79 percent of the points in his first serve and broke Mirnyi in two of four opportunities. For a spot in the semifinals he will battle Andreas Sepppi. Seppi notched his 40th career win as the 22-year-old Italian defeated No.2 seed Dominik Hrbaty 7-5, 7-5 in one hour, 38 minutes. Seppi, now 16-16 in the season, fired seven aces and broke the Slovak in five of 12 opportunities. The Italian holds a 4-3 grass court record in his career. Frenchman Gilles Simon won 12 of the last 17 games of his second round match against lucky loser Jan Vacek to post a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 defeat over the Czech. The 21-year-old Simon trailed Vacek 4-6, 0-4 before making an incredible comeback to post his second win on grass in his career. Robin Soderling breezed past Nicolas Mahut 6-3, 6-2 to move into the quarterfinals of an ATP event for the fourth time this season. The Swede, a quarterfinalist in Halle last week, also reached the final in Memphis and quarters in San Jose. Spaniard Feliciano Lopez won back-to-back matches for the first time since the Australian Open in January as he defeated Paul Goldstein 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 in one hour, 45 minutes. He will next battle Swede veteran Jonas Bjorkman, who dismissed Jiri Vanek 6-3, 6-3. --ATP |
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