Andy Murray earned a place in the quarter-finals of the ATP challenger tour 175 event in Aix-En-Provence with a three-set win over Laurent Lokoli.
Murray secured a 6-4 5-7 6-3 victory with his sixth match point at the Open Aix Provence credit Agricole.
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The 35-year-old, who at 52nd is ranked 135 places higher than the frenchman, made it back-to-back wins for the first time since indian wells in march.
He will face another Frenchman, Luca van Assche, in Friday’s quarter-final.
Also, Aryna Sabalenka cruised past Maria Sakkari in straight sets to secure her place in the Madrid open final.
The world number two dropped just five games in a comfortable 6-4 6-1 win over her greek opponent.
Belarusian Sabalenka, will now play a second consecutive clay-court final against world number one Iga Swiatek, who cruised past Veronika Kudermetova 6-1 6-1 in her semi-final.
Poland’s Swiatek won the last meeting between the top two female players in the world in the final in Stuttgart last month.
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