Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray crashed out within the final 16 of the ATP Zhuhai Championships on Saturday to 63rd-ranked Russian Aslan Karatsev.
Former world primary Murray received the primary set earlier than Karatsev fought again to triumph 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
The 36-year-old Murray, now 41 on the earth, stated on the eve of the event in southern China that he wished to finish an “up and down” yr on a excessive.
However after beating China’s 668th-ranked Mo Yecong in his opener, Murray wilted in Zhuhai’s warmth and humidity.
Additionally in China, on the ATP Chengdu Open, the Tenth-ranked Alexander Zverev defeated 106th-ranked Pavel Kotov 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-1.
The highest-seeded German faces Miomir Kecmanovic, the seventh seed from Serbia, within the quarterfinals.