Karen Khachanov beat Alex Bolt 6-4 6-4 after 1 hour and 50 minutes to reach the quarter final at the Huafa Properties Zhuhai Championships. Khachanov earned his first tour-level win since June. 

Khachanov earned his first break in the opening game. The Russian player broke in the ninth game and held on his next service games to close out the match. 

Khachanov was playing his second match since his quarter final match at Roland Garros, where he suffered a stress fracture in his back. The Russian player saved all ten break points. 

Khachanov lost his first round match at the US Open on his return on the Tour. 

“I played at the US Open, but it was another tournament after the injury at Roland Garros and for me it was very important to get the rhythm and the match. I feel better than three weeks ago at the US Open. I was looking to find the rhythm and find the form and it is very important for me to play matches and be competitive”, said Khachanov. 

Khachanov set up a match against Mackenzie McDonald, who came back from one set down to beat Belgium’s Kimmer Coppejans 4-6 6-3 6-2. 

McDonald earned the first break in the fourth game to take a 4-2 lead. Coppejans won four consecutive games to close out the first set 6-4. McDonald broke serve in the second game to close out the second set 6-3. 

McDonald earned two breaks in the first and third games to close out the third set 6-2. 

Yoshihito Nishioka battled past Lloyd Harris 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5) after 2 hours and 7 minutes. Nishioka won 81% of his first serve points and did not face any break points. Both players held on their service games en route to the tie-break. Nishioka went up a double mini-break to take a 4-1 lead. Harris pulled both mini-breaks back to draw level to 4-4. Nishioka earned his third mini-break on the ninth point to win the tie-break 7-4. The second set also went on serve en route to the tie-break. Nishioka earned his only mini-break on the 11^th point to win the second set 7-5. 

Nishioka will take on Jan Lennard Struff, who overcame Cristian Garin 6-3 1-6 6-4 in 2 hours and 2 minutes. Struff is playing in his first tournament since Halle after suffering from a hip injury.  Struff broke serve in the third game to take a 2-1 lead. The German player converted his third break point in the ninth game to win the first set 6-3. Garin broke three times to win the second set 6-1. Struff started the third set with a break in the first game and sealed the win on his first match point in the 10^thgame. 

Two-time Olympic champion Andy Murray beat Chinese wild card Mo Ye Cong 7-5 6-3 to advance to the second round at the Huafa Properties Zhuhai Championships. 

Murray won three titles at the  Shanghai Masters 1000 in 2010, 2011 and 2016, the ATP 500 in Beijing in 2016 and the ATP 250 in Shenzhen in 2014. 

Murray saved all five break points he faced. The British player bounced back from the disappointment at the US Open, where he lost to Grigor Dimitrov in three sets. 

Murray broke serve at love in the 12^th game to close out a hard-fought first set 7-5. The Scotsman fought back from 0-40 down to hold serve in the first game of the second set. 

Murray broke serve at love in the fourth game to open up a 3-1 lead and hit his 10^thace of the match to close out the second set 6-3. 

Murray set up a second round match against Aslan Karatsev, who came back from a set and a break down to beat Matteo Arnaldi 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 in 3 hours and 22 minutes. Arnaldi reached the fourth round at the US Open this year. Karatsev and Arnaldi went on serve in the first set en route to the tie-break. Arnaldi earned the first mini-break to take a 4-3 lead. Karatsev pulled back to draw level to 5-5. Karatsev earned his second mini-break to win the tie-break 7-5. on his fifth set point.

Karatsev saved two break points in the first game of the second set. Arnaldi broke serve in the fourth game to take a 4-3 lead. Karatsev broke straight in the fifth game. Arnaldi went up a second break to take a 5-4 lead earning the chance to serve for the match, but Karatsev pulled back on serve for the second time to draw level to 5-5. Arnaldi went up a mini-break to take a 4-2 lead, but Karatsev won five of the next six points with two mini-breaks to close out the tie-break 7-5. Karatsev broke twice in the first and third games  Arnaldi saved three match points on serve at 1-5, but Karatsev served out the win on his fifth match point. 

Karatsev broke his losing streak of four consecutive defeats against Italian players. 

Tomas Martin Etcheverry beat Australian qualifier Luke Saville 6-4 6-4 to set up a quarter final match against Next Gen ATP Czech Dalibor Svrcina 6-4 6-4. 

Australian qualifier Marc Polmans cruised past David Sweeny 6-3 6-1 to set up a quarter final against Cameron Norrie. Polmans has won the sixth match of his career on hard court and his first since the Australian Open 2022. 

Kimmer Coppejans beat Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-6 (7-4) 6-1 to win his first ATP Tourn match. 

Alex Bolt was leading 6-3 4-2 when Diego Schwartzman was forced to withdraw from the match. 

Roman Safiulin cruised past Brandon Nakashima 6-4 6-4 in 88 minutes to reach the second round at the Chengdu Open. 

Safiulin hit 22 winners to Nakashima’s 17 and did not face a break point. He broke once in each set. 

“I think the most important thing was to hold my serve and just try to get some break points and try to use them. That was the main goal for the match”, said Saifiulin. 

Safiulin reached his first Grand Slam quarter final at Wimbledon moving up to world number 43 in the ATP Ranking. The Russian player set up a second round match against fourth seed Daniel Evans. 

Corentin Moutet beat Chinese wild card Mu Tao 6-2 6-2. The Frenchman set up either Miomir Kecmanovic or qualifier Benjamin Lock. Moutet earned an early break in the third game to take a 2-1 lead. Mu broke straight back to draw level to 2-2. Moutet won the final four games with two breaks to close out the first set 6-2. The Frenchman broke twice in the fifth and seventh games to seal the second set 6-2. 

Taro Daniel came back from one set down to beat Alexander Vukic 4-6 6-2 6-2. Daniel will face either Christopher O’Connell or Alibek Kachmazov. Vukic broke serve in the fourth game of the first set to take a 3-1 lead. Daniel broke back to love in the seventh game and held serve to draw level to 4-4. Vukic broke for the time in the 10^th time to win the first set 6-4. 

Daniel broke in the third game to take a 2-1 lead. Vukic broke back to draw level to 3-3. Daniel earned a second break in the ninth game to seal the second set 6-2 forcing the match to the decider. Daniel broke twice in the first and seventh games to win the second set 6-2.