Andrew Murray impressively disposed of potentially tricky opponent Ernests Gulbis to book his place in the quarter-finals of the St.Petersburg Open.
The Scot continued his remarkable run of form as he cruised past the talented Latvian 6-4 6-2 to set up a last eight match up against Serbian Janko Tipsarevic after he defetaed France's Jeremy Chardy in straight sets.
Murray broke the Gulbis serve twice in both sets as maintained the fantastic form which saw him claim his second Masters Series title in Madrid last week. The Scot has now impressively won 15 of his last 16 matches on tour.
The British number one remains on course for his fifth title of the season as he looks to continue his form going into the end of season Masters Cup in Shanghai in November and will look to overcome Tipsarevic in what should be an extremely interesting match up.
Tipsarevic interestingly holds a 2-1 lead in their head to heads so the Brit will be looking to gain revenge and get back on level terms against the world number 48 in today's encounter.
Elsewhere, 14-year-old Laura Robson suffered her second defeat in Luxemburg has her and doubles partner Gisela Dulko went out in the first round, losing 6-2 6-3 to Vera Dushevina and Mariya Koryttseva.
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