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The 34-year-old Briton, who had hip surgeries in 2018 and 2019,
has not been able to get back to the kind of form that helped
him win three major titles and two consecutive Olympic singles
gold medals in London and Rio de Janeiro.
Murray, who has slipped to 113th in the rankings, showed
glimpses of his old self on Tuesday when he rallied to beat
world number 26 Ugo Humbert of France -- the highest-ranked
opponent he has defeated this year.
He then beat world number 66 Pospisil 6-3 6-3 to reach the last
eight stage at an ATP tournament for the first time since
winning in Antwerp in October 2019.
"This period has been the most tournaments I've played
(recently) and my body feels good and I'm starting to gain just
a little bit of confidence with each match," Murray said on
Wednesday at the ATP 250 event in Metz, France.
"I'm starting to see the points and how I want to play them
again, which is great.
"There have been times in the past year where I've been a little
bit confused and not seeing how the points are developing and
stuff, which for me was always a strong part of my game and it
made me feel quite uncomfortable on the court when I was feeling
that way.
"I'm starting to get that back and the results are coming and my
tennis is getting better."
Murray reached the third round of this year's Wimbledon and
stretched Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas to five sets in
his opening round defeat at the U.S. Open.
He will meet either top seeded Pole Hubert Hurkacz or French
player Lucas Pouille for a place in the semi-finals.
(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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