Andy Murray skipped the French Open to be able to begin preparations for Wimbledon early and adopted up Monday’s routine conquer Jurij Rodionov with a tricky victory over Gijs Brouwer; the three-time Grand Slam winner goes via to the quarter-finals of the Surbiton Trophy
By PA Media
Final Up to date: 02/06/22 5:22pm
Murray can be again in motion in opposition to fifth seed Brandon Nakashima on Friday
Andy Murray took one other step in direction of a primary singles title on grass in six years however solely after he got here via a testing match with Gijs Brouwer to win 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-3) and progress into the Surbiton Trophy quarter-finals.
The three-time Grand Slam winner wanted nearly two hours to see off the Dutchman, who had come via qualifying to make the final 16 of the ATP Challenger Tour occasion.
Murray had skipped the French Open to be able to begin preparations for Wimbledon early and adopted up Monday’s routine conquer Jurij Rodionov with a extra tough victory this time.
He can be again in motion on the southwest London venue on Friday in opposition to fifth seed Brandon Nakashima aiming to style success on this floor for the primary time since his win at SW19 in 2016.
Like throughout his opening match at Surbiton Racket & Health Membership, Murray began with an ace to thrill these packed into the 604-seater Centre Court docket with long-serving physio Shane Annun and energy and conditioning coach Matt Little once more sitting among the many spectators.
Brouwer held his personal throughout the opening exchanges and despatched down a few aces earlier than he needed to save two break factors within the sixth service recreation.
Murray final gained a match on grass in 2016
It was Murray’s flip to be on the again foot at 5-5 however he ultimately held earlier than a tie-breaker was required to determine the opener.
The serve of the previous Olympic champion had been spectacular all through the primary set and two extra aces have been adopted by an distinctive backhand winner down the road to edge the tie-break by a 7-4 rating.
Murray had gained inside 58 minutes on Monday however with this opener lasting six minutes much less, it highlighted the problem being offered by world quantity 230 Brouwer.
It continued in the identical vein within the second and whereas the double Wimbledon champion saved one break level within the fourth recreation, he couldn’t repeat the trick in his subsequent service recreation and trailed 4-2.
An instantaneous response was produced by Murray, who confirmed nice motion to succeed in a shot on the web to get the set again on serve.
Brouwer maintained his stage to make sure the Briton twice served to remain within the set, which he did to drive one other tie-break.
Murray’s high quality shone via there with a mix of fantastic returning and glorious serving seeing him win 7-6 (4) 7-6 (3) in a single hour and 50 minutes.
It made it back-to-back victories on grass and three extra will guarantee he lifts silverware in England once more on Sunday.
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