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Will Murray Make Magic? The most impressive Western & Southern Open resumé in the field belongs to wild card Andy Murray. A champion in 2008 and 2011 who also made the final in 2016, the Scot will attempt to improve his 33-13 record at the tournament. Murray last played singles at Wimbledon, where he lost to Denis Shapovalov in the third round. One year on from upsetting Zverev in New York, Murray will play a qualifier in his opener. With a victory, he will clash against ninth seed Hubert Hurkacz or Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

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Murray Holds Firm To See Off Gasquet In Cincinnati

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Briton takes ATP Head2Head to 9-4 against Frenchman
Two-time champion Andy Murray made good on a main draw wild card to claim his opening match against Frenchman Richard Gasquet at the Western & Southern Open on Monday. In his first match since a third-round defeat to Denis Shapovalov at Wimbledon, the former No. 1 in the FedEx ATP Rankings ground out a 6-4, 6-4 victory over the World No. 53.

On a humid night, the Briton finished with 38 winners, including 15 aces, to Gasquet’s 20 winners. He won 81 per cent of first-serve points to his opponent’s 61 per cent and committed 28 unforced errors.

“I thought I did well. I moved pretty well for my first singles match in a while on hard courts,” Murray said. “Certainly, a little bit more confidence in my movement than when I played him a couple of years ago. It was my first match [in 2019] I’d played since the metal hip in so I was a bit apprehensive.

“He uses all the angles on the court really well and makes you move a lot so you need to move well against him and I did that tonight. I served good. I got a lot of free points on my serve. I thought I was taking control of the rallies when I had the opportunities so it was a good match.”


A champion in Cincinnati in 2008 and 2011, and a runner-up to Marin Cilic in 2016, Murray had found success on this court before and after 40 minutes of play, he was the first to break for 4-2.

His attempt to serve out the set ended in a love break. But he made amends immediately as he broke to take the set at the one-hour mark.

The Frenchman had beaten Fernando Verdasco and Jaume Munar in qualifying to take his place in the main draw and would have done well to remember his most recent encounter with Murray – a straight-sets victory in his favour at this stage in Cincinnati two years ago.


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It was Murray who held the advantage in the pair’s ATP Head2Head and he improved that to 9-4 when he broke Gasquet for the last time to secure victory after one hour and 50 minutes. He awaits the winner of ninth seed Hubert Hurkacz and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

“The courts and the balls are pretty fast. Obviously playing in the evening slows it down a little bit but that was to my advantage,” Murray said. “He played with a lot of spin and during the day the ball gets up very high but he wasn’t able to get as high on me today so I was able to step in and control a lot of the points…

“It’s amazing. They were saying it’s the 16th year I’ve been here. I don’t think I’ve played any tournament more than that.”

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Murray's Favourites: Kyrgios, Medvedev, Monfils And...

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The Scot speaks to ATPTour.com after his first-round win in Cincinnati
Two-time Western & Southern Open champion Andy Murray battled past former World No. 7 Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-4 on Monday evening to reach the second round in Cincinnati. The former World No. 1 said that the feeling of winning such a match never gets old.

“No, [it does] not really. It’s something I’ve missed,” Murray said. “Obviously great to be back here playing again and playing at that level was really nice. I was really happy with it.”

After the match, Murray spoke to ATPTour.com about players he enjoys watching, who he feels could reach World No. 1, Novak Djokovic’s chase for a seventh year-end No. 1 finish in the FedEx ATP Rankings and more.

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Who are the most entertaining players you enjoy watching?
I like watching [Corentin] Moutet. I like watching [Gael] Monfils. I like watching [Nick] Kyrgios when he’s into it. When he’s not into it, I don’t enjoy that at all. But when he’s into it, I really enjoy watching him.

Some of the youngsters now, the young, young ones, are really fun to watch. I like watching [Daniil] Medvedev as well. I think he’s a very interesting player who has got lots of variety and has an awkward-looking game. But he’s very intelligent on the court and that’s what I like to see. I like people who are thinking out there.

Who is a young player emerging who people aren't paying attention to who you think has a great game?
Good question. Of the young guys? It’s a difficult one off the top of my head. A lot of the young, young ones like [Lorenzo] Musetti, I like to watch him but he’s not got much experience on the hard courts.

I think [Stefanos] Tsitsipas for example, he had a great result like at the French Open and I think he’s really good for the game. I feel like he’s got a lot of charisma on the court and an entertaining game to watch. It’s difficult to pick one that’s underrated. Tennis is going to be in a good place in four or five years. I think the next generation of players coming through are really good.

You’re the last player to reach World No. 1 for the first time. If I had to make you pick a current player who will reach No. 1, who would you pick and why?
Of the current ones Medvedev would be the guy I would expect to get there first. I think maybe he will need to be a little bit more consistent on the clay to get there, but I think he’s got a good chance. From the young, young ones, I think [Carlos] Alcaraz is really, really good. I think he’s got a good chance at it. I would probably say Alcaraz if I had to pick one from the young guys.

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People might not realise the pressure the young stars face with so many people talking about them, so much attention. What would your advice be to them?
I know it’s difficult, but when I reflect a little bit on my own career, I wish I had enjoyed the good moments more. Tennis sometimes because of the way the schedule is, you go from one tournament to the next and you don’t often have the opportunity to enjoy great results. If you win in Canada, you’re on a flight that night to come here and if you win the tournament here, you’re straight to New York to start preparing for that event.

I just kind of wish that in those moments that I’d taken a bit of a step back and taken a few days to enjoy the wins more. So much hard work goes into them and it’s what you always dreamed of. But once you’re in it, you’re just always onto the next week. I regret that a little bit.

You finished year-end No. 1 in 2016 and know how incredibly difficult that was. If Novak Djokovic finishes No. 1 this year it will be his seventh time. How would you explain just how big of an achievement that would be?
What all those guys have been doing has been amazing. To finish No. 1 also not playing loads of events as well I think is really impressive. There’s not much you can say about what those guys have done. It’s incredible. They’ve totally dominated the sport. Their drive and love for the game is obviously unbelievably high and mentally I think is the hardest part.

Winning one tournament is difficult. It’s for sure hard to do that. But for me to get to No. 1, I had to win the last five or six tournaments in a row on top of all the events that came before that. To do it for a whole season is extremely difficult.

[For Novak] to do that seven times to get to No. 1 [is impressive], but if you look at his other years they’re not too shabby either. There are a lot of No. 2 and No. 3 finishes and winning Slams and winning lots of events in those years as well, so it’s impressive.

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Andy Murray o przyczynach porażki z Hubertem Hurkaczem: W meczach przeciwko tak serwującym tenisistom to kosztuje

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Po porażce z Hubertem Hurkaczem w II turnieju ATP Masters 1000 w Cincinnati Andy Murray żałował niewykorzystanych szans, zwłaszcza setboli w pierwszej partii. - W meczach przeciwko tak serwującym tenisistom to kosztuje - mówił.
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ATP Cincinnati: Hubert Hurkacz poznał rywala w 1/8 finału. Zagra z brązowym medalistą z Tokio
Andy Murray, dwukrotny triumfator turnieju ATP Masters 1000 w Cincinnati (sezony 2008 i 2011), z tegoroczną edycją pożegnał się w II rundzie. W środę przegrał 6:7(4), 3:6 z Hubertem Hurkaczem, a po meczu przyznał, że Polak zmusił go do dużego wysiłku.
- Amerykańskie korty twarde są wymagające dla ciała i dlatego po kilku dłuższych wymianach odczuwałem zmęczenie fizyczne. Ale, jeśli chodzi o ból czy dyskomfort, to czułem się dobrze - mówił podczas konferencji prasowej.

Brytyjczyk był bliski wygrania pierwszej partii, lecz nie wykorzystał dwóch setboli. - Kilka lat temu zwykle wykorzystywałbym takie szanse w końcówce seta. Teraz tego nie zrobiłem i w meczach przeciwko tak serwującym tenisistom to kosztuje, bo nie masz wielu okazji - ocenił.

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Po skomplikowanej operacji biodra, jaką ma za sobą, 34-latek z Dunblane ostrożnie planuje swój kalendarz startów. W tym tygodniu wystąpił w singlu pierwszy raz od Wimbledonu. I choć odpadł w II rundzie, jest usatysfakcjonowany.

- Mój tenis był lepszy niż podczas Wimbledonu. Wciąż nie jest na takim poziomie, na jakim bym chciał, ale teraz to trudne - podkreślił.


Murray przyznał też, że "potrzebuje meczów", dlatego rozważa złożenie prośby o dziką kartę do przyszłotygodniowego turnieju w Winston-Salem. - Nie wiem, jak wygląda sytuacja, ale muszę podjąć decyzję w tej sprawie - powiedział.

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Murray & Evans Accept Winston-Salem Wild Cards

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It will be Murray's fourth hard-court tour-level event of the season

British pair Andy Murray and Daniel Evans have accepted wild cards into next week’s Winston-Salem Open, a hard-court ATP 250 event, the tournament announced on Thursday.

Former World No. 1 Murray competed at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati this week in just his fifth tour-level singles event of the season, falling to Hubert Hurkacz in the second round.

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Murray, who reached the third round at Wimbledon in July, will be making his second appearance in North Carolina, having also played in 2019. The 46-time tour-level titlist will feature alongside Evans, who will be aiming to snap a four-match losing streak in his opening match at the Winston-Salem Open.

Evans won his first ATP Tour title at the Murray River Open in Melbourne in February and will be making his third appearance at the ATP 250 event.

Other ATP stars competing in a stacked field in North Carolina include #NextGenATP talents Carlos Alcaraz and Lorenzo Musetti, former World No. 3 Marin Cilic, Australia’s Nick Kyrgios and 2019 quarter-finalist Frances Tiafoe.

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Murray Ends Rubin’s Lucky Loser Stay in Winston-Salem

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Murray brings Rubin's lucky run to an end in 58 minutes
Barely an hour before Noah Rubin took the court to face former World No. 1 Andy Murray at the Winston-Salem Open on Sunday, the American had good cause to believe his shot at a main draw berth was over.

Murray ensured his opponent’s stay would not last another hour following a 6-2, 6-0 victory under the lights, but it was a main draw reprieve Rubin never expected in the first place. The 25-year-old had held a match point on serve before he fell in a dramatic final-round qualifying match to Lucas Pouille earlier on Sunday.

Then came an 11th-hour main draw call-up, following Nick Kyrgios’ withdrawal due to a knee injury. Murray said it was quite the change from preparing to face the unpredictable Kyrgios, over whom he held a 5-1 ATP Head2Head record, to then taking on a lucky loser at No. 306 in the FedEx ATP Rankings for the first time.


“Originally I was playing Nick and he had an injury to his knee so wasn’t going to play. I didn’t know if I was going to play tonight. They said if I was playing against a qualifier then I wouldn’t play and then I drew a lucky loser… so then I was playing Noah… It was tricky,” Murray said in his on-court interview.
“It was obviously difficult for 45 minutes and then the first couple of games because you’ve gone over a strategy with your coach about the match you’re going to play and then obviously that changes.

"... Twenty minutes before you go on court you’re playing someone you haven’t played against.”


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Murray kicked off his North American hard-court swing last week with a first-round victory over Richard Gasquet before putting up a tough fight against ninth seed Hubert Hukacz in a second-round defeat. He continued to build up valuable match-play in only his sixth tour-level singles event this season on Sunday as he won 92 per cent of first-serve points and broke five times to book a second-round meeting with 13th seed Frances Tiafoe.

“It’s a bit tricky but obviously after the first few games I started to get a bit more comfortable and then towards then end he was struggling a bit,” Murray said of the 58-minute win. “Unfortunately I know he’s from here and that’s great. It was a nice atmosphere to play in and everything but my job is to try to win the match.”

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