Andy Murray hopes to be ready for Wimbledon, but is facing a race against time to recover from being forced to retire from Queen’s due to a stomach injury he suffered in the final in Stuttgart on Sunday.
After returning to London on Sunday night, Murray underwent a scan on Monday afternoon, which confirmed his tense left abdominal muscle: said Murray, a five-time Queen champion, in a statement. “The tournament means a lot to me and it’s frustrating not to compete, especially after I’ve played a few good games on the grass.”
Murray suffered a stomach injury while serving early in the third set of his match against Matteo Berettini. After the match, he said he had never had such an injury and believed the injury was due to his heavy workload over the past two weeks, and he also reached the semifinals of the Surbiton contender a week earlier.
From the satisfaction of producing some of his best tennis in the last few years in Stuttgart, Murray now has to take care of an injury at the most inopportune moment. Murray still hopes to compete at Wimbledon, and although he will not be playing in Eastbourne, he could play in a show event at the Hurlingham Club next week. Wimbledon starts on June 27, a week later.
Meanwhile, Jack Draper continued to rise to the highest levels of professional tennis, achieving the biggest victory of his young career at Queen’s, defeating world number 14 Taylor Fritz, fourth placed, 6-3, 6-2 in the first round to secure his first victory in the top 20.
A year ago, Queen’s was the site of Draper’s first breakthrough in the ATP tour, as he upset Jannik Sinner, who then ranked 23rd, on his way to the quarterfinals.
A year later, the 20-year-old Draper returned at a different time in his career. This week marks his debut in the top 100, which is now number 99 in the world, an award he won after the start of the year, winning four races and rising to more than 160 places in the process.
“I’m very proud of myself, I’ve done a lot of work, I’ve known for some time that my level is good enough to compete at the highest level, but there is one thing that says it and one thing that wins on it. level against players like Taylor, I’m really happy and it gives me a lot of confidence, “said Draper.
On a day of mixed luck for the favorites at home, British No. 1 Cameron Nori failed to continue last year’s cycle until the final, as he was defeated 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-4 by Grigor Dimitrov in the opening round. .
According to the Spanish agency EFE (link), French Open champion Rafael Nadal is training indoors on the grass in Mallorca on Monday, the site of the ATP 250 event next week, as he tries to return to Wimbledon after soon undergoing radiofrequency ablation of his leg after his victory in Paris.
At the Rothesay Classic in Birmingham, second-placed Simona Halep reached the second round with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Lesia Tsurenko as she tried to return to the top of the game. After her first WTA quarterfinal in Nottingham, Britain’s No. 3 Harriet Darth remained in good form with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Camilla Osorio.
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