The quarter-finals of the ATP 250 Doha have been announced, with China's Zhang Zhizhen missing out on the men's singles quarter-finals with a 6-4 5-7 6-7(2) defeat to France's Monfils. Next, Zhang Zhizhen will play in the ATP500 Dubai station that starts next week.
Zhang Zhizhen
After 3 hours and 22 minutes of competition, the two sides played three sets and all battled to tie-break, Mensik finally won 7-6(6) 6-7(3) 7-6(4) to close to the top 100 and enter the ATP Tour quarterfinals for the first time, and he also became the third player born in 2005 to reach the quarterfinals of the ATP Tour after Shang Juncheng and Pulzmic.
I'm speechless with emotion right now. Mensik couldn't hide his excitement in his post-match interview, "I know a lot of fans want Andy [Murray] to win today, so hopefully they'll come to see me tomorrow." It was a tough game and Andy is a great player and I know that very well. When I was younger, I watched him win Wimbledon twice, and now he's still capable of competing with the top players, which is unbelievable. ”
Rublev
Mensik will face top seed and 2020 champion Rublev in the quarter-finals, who needed just 57 minutes to beat French veteran Gasquet 6-3 6-4 to reach his fourth tour quarter-finals of the season. Rublev improved his record in Doha to 11-4.
In his post-match interview, Rublev admitted that he is not familiar with the youngster Mensik and will be ready for tomorrow's fight: "Today was the first time I watched him play and I could tell that he was very talented. At his age, he is very tall and you can tell from his match against Andy that serving is one of his strongest **. He's got a strong shot, he's very offensive and I need to be ready for that. ”
Elsewhere, second seed Khachanov claimed his 250th career tour victory with a 6-4 7-5 victory over Marosang, and he will face Rusuvuori in the quarter-finals.
ATP Doha quarterfinals:
Rublev[1] vs Mensik.
Amber [3] vs Monfils [W].
Bublik[4]Poplin.
Khachanov[2] vs Rusuvuori.
Text, edited by Faye Wong, picture Visual China).