Qatar Open 2022 - Roberto Bautista Agut trounces Andy Murray to reach quarter-finals in Doha

Roberto Bautista Agut produced a dominant performance to trounce Andy Murray 6-0, 6-1 and reach the quarter-finals of the Qatar Open. The Spanish second seed was seldom troubled by an off-par Murray, who struggled to find his serving range. Ad/> In a meeting of two former champions in Doha, the 2019 winner put together a real statement showing and set up a meeting with either Dan Evans or Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the last eight.

ATP DohaMurray gets revenge on Australian Open conqueror Daniel with straight-sets victory in QatarYESTERDAY AT 16:49 The first set was the first time since 2015 that Murray has lost a set without winning a single game. Murray had earned a confidence-boosting win over his Australian Open slayer Taro Daniel in his first match in Doha. But he showed few signs of being competitive against Bautista Agut, who had earned a bye to this stage and conceded only eight points in the first set, including just three on Murray's serve.

This was the first meeting between the pair since their epic first-round five-setter in Melbourne three years ago. /> Bautista Agut will next face either Evans, the fifth seed, or a fellow Spaniard in rising star Davidovich Fokina. Also through to the last eight are fellow top-four seeds Denis Shapovalov, Nikoloz Basilashvili and Marin Cilic.