Andy Murray achieved the biggest victory after returning

The former No. 1 in the world and current 832 Andy Murray achieved the biggest victory after returning to the court after winning 18th in the ATP rankings Kyle Edmund with 7:6 (4), 1:6, 6:4 inmeeting of the second round of the tournament via wta rankings in Washington. So the Scot has become the favorite to reach his first quarterfinals for more than a year. His next opponent will be Romanian Marius Copil, who defeated Jeremy Chardy 14th from France with 6:4, 6:4. `It was much better, especially with regard to the way I played the game. ` In my first fight, I actually played completely in defense, far behind the main line, and that`s not the way I wantto play in the future, `said Murray after the game, returning the ribbon to his first match in Washington, 3:6, 6:4, 7:5 against Mackenzie McDonald after 2:39 hours of play. `I spoke for a long time with my coach, and today, regardless of t he outcome, we wanted to dictate more points, to try to use my forehand, to be closer to the main line, and I think I did this, especially in someimportant moments in the third set I was more offensive, and I`m very happy about the way I went to the fight, `added the Briton. The player of three Grand Slam titles missed Wimbledon, justifying that his body was not yet ready for heavy workloads. The match against Edmund is the fifth for him after the surgery.

Sloane Stephens continues his march in Cincinnati

US Open Champion Sloane Stephens qualified for the third round of the Cincinnati hardcore tennis tournament with a prize pool of $ 2. 87 million. The American placed the number 3 in the scheme beat the qualifier Tatjana Maria (Germany) with 6:3, 6:2 in 71 minutes. Stephens, who lost the Montreal final to Simona Halep (Romania) last week, suffered a right-hand puncture between the third and fourth games via soccer livescore of the second set, but had no trouble playing the game.

Last year, the American played in Cincinnati, which is her best performance of six tournament entries. Stevens` next rival is number 15 Elise Mertens (Belgium) who eliminates Rebecca Peterson (Sweden) with 3:6, 6:2, 7:6 (1) in 2:36.

The champion for the year 2016 and the 9th placed Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) dropped into the second round after losing by Aryna Sabanelka (Belarus) with 6:2, 3:6, 5:7 for 1:55. Sabanelka saved two matches in the tenth game of the third set in order to make it to success, and in the third round will play against the number 6 Caroline Garcia (France).

The Russian Ekaterina Makarova defeated Alize Cornet (France) with 6:2, 6:0. Her defending title and the seventh placed Garbine Muguruza (Spain) is currently playing against Lesia Tsurenko (Ukraine).