Murray reaches quarterfinals with a seventh straight win on grass

Murray, who has won 12 of his last 13 matches at Challenger level, beat the Frenchman 6-3, 7-5 to reach the last eight here on Thursday.

Nottingham: Former No. 1 British player Andy Murray continued his fine form as he took his seventh consecutive win on grass, beating France’s Hugo Grenier to reach the quarter-finals of the Rothesay Nottingham Open.

Murray, who has won 12 of his last 13 matches at Challenger level, beat the Frenchman 6-3, 7-5 to reach the last eight here on Thursday.

Murray won 68 percent of the points behind his second serve, compared to Grenier’s 37 percent, and will next face Swiss player Dominic Stricker, who ousted home hope Ryan Peniston 6-4, 6-2.

A semifinalist at last year’s ATP Finals, 20-year-old Stricker has won two Challenger Tour trophies this season, Rovereto and Prague.

Murray also triumphed twice on the Challenger Tour in 2023. Last month, the former world No. 1 was crowned champion in the Aix-en-Provence Challenger 175, beating Tommy Paul in the final. Last Sunday, Murray returned to the winner’s circle in Surbiton after dropping just one set in the entire tournament.

Following his win at Surbiton, the Briton will be chasing his third Challenger title in two months as he continues his preparations for Wimbledon.

The 36-year-old Brit hopes to be placed on the grass track, for which he has to rise 12 places in the ranking.