Tennis: European Open gears up for quarterfinals

Friday, 18 October 2019 14:35

It's quarterfinals day at the European Open in Antwerp.

Stan Wawrinka and Andy Murray are among the top names scheduled to hit the courts later.

Proceedings on the centre court get underway at 4:00 pm UAE time with Italian teenager Jannik Sinner facing American Frances Tiafoe.

The fourth-seeded Swiss veteran, Wawrinka then takes on Frenchman Gilles Simon, and Murray will face Belgium's world number 92 Marius Copil.

Fifth seed Guido Pella of Argentina will lock horns with unseeded Frenchman, Ugo Humbert in the last match of the day.

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