Andy Murray faces a stern test

Its the fifth year for the Shenzhen Open and the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center is considered to give one of the best facilities on the ATP circuit. The British man, Andy Murray was the first champion of this tournament. He saved five match points against Tommy Robredo in the final. In the second year, he was a wildcard entrant. Interestingly, he forecasted to meet the Belgian professional, Davin Goffin in the second round this year. Besides that, Goffin was the champion at the 2017 Shenzhen Open. 

 Murray returned from his hip injury in June this year. Since that time he has participated in just five tournaments and nine professional matches this year. Moreover, the former World Number one, Murray ranks 308 in the world at present.

The 31-year-old, Murray will wind up his 2018 season tennis season after playing in the Chinese metropolis, Shenzhen and Beijing over the next two weeks.He will be absenting himself from the Masters series events in Shanghai and Paris next month. Murray looks forward to bouncing back in the best possible shape for the 2019 Australian Open. “I’m competing this week in Shenzhen and then next week in Beijing before calling an end to the year competitively and I’m going to miss the last couple of tournaments to the year,” Murray said in the video posted on Facebook. “I need a lot of training and reconditioning to get myself in the best shape possible for the beginning of the 2019 season and to get myself back competing for the biggest tournaments again.”

Borna Coric and Denis Shapovalov are the best amongst the young players in the world. They might set up a clash in the quarter-final. Alex de Minaur and Damir Dzumhur might set up the last eight clash against each other.