Day that opened the round of 16 inQueen’s ATP 500 on the London grass. A day with strong emotions regarding Andy Murray’s farewell to this tournament, very dear to him. The Briton was forced to retire after five games in the match against Jordan Thompson due to a pain in his hip that he carried with him from the match with Popyrin.
Sir Andy showed up on the pitch practically impaired, he played from a standstill, he tried to honor his commitment, but there was nothing he could do: his body in fact got the better of his every attempt. Upon leaving the field he received the entire standing ovation from Center Courtbid farewell for the last time before retiring from competitions: a tournament that gave him five successes and to which he bids farewell today.
Thompson who he will face in the quarter-finals Taylor Fritz: The American managed the difficult match against Milos Raonic by winning 7-6(5), 6-4 after almost an hour and a half of play. The Canadian, after 47 aces against Norrie, today limited himself to nine and in response he almost never had a chance other than a game neutralized by 0-40 by Fritz at 1-2 in the second set.
He confirmed his great form Sebastian Korda who in two hours got the better of Grigor Dimitrov with a score of 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. A great success for the American who served really well in almost the entire match, in the third he was ahead 2-0, he immediately got the break back, but he was the one who tried the most to make play in the final of match. He will face Hijikata who won against Matteo Arnaldi.
