By India Today Sports Desk: 2-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray performed down his opening-round defeat to Alex de Minaur on the Queen’s Club, an ATP 500 tune-up occasion within the lead-up to the grass-court Grand Slam. Murray’s good run on grass got here to an finish as he was ousted by the Australian after a straight-sets defeat 3-6, 1-6.
The 5-time Queen’s champion had headed into Queen’s, one of many premier occasions on grass within the build-up to Wimbledon, with two back-to-back challenger titles in Nottingham and Surbiton.
Murray, nevertheless, was no match for seventh seed Alex de Minaur, who set-up a second-round conflict with Diego Schwartzmann. However, Murray mentioned he’ll take loads of positives from his run on grass this season and never over-analyse the Queen’s Club defeat. The former World No. 1 had raised expectations of an improved exhibiting at Wimbledon, which he has received twice.
“Obviously after today, it’s easy to overreact. I lost to a good player and it was obviously very comfortable. But at the same time, over the past couple of weeks, yes, it’s obviously not the same level of opponents, but I won the [Nottingham Challenger] last week without dropping a set,” Murray mentioned.
“I only lost one set in Surbiton. Was holding serve very comfortably. Was moving well, hitting the ball well. There are a lot of positive signs there,” he added.
Murray had the opportunity to get seeded at Wimbledon if he had a deep run at the Queen’s Club. However, the 2-time champion will have do the hard yards at the major after the early exit from Queen’s.
I CAN DO BETTER: MURRAY
Murray said he will take a step back, recharge and look to head to Wimbledon, starting July 3, with a lot of energy and hope.
“Just recharge a little bit, and then go to work on my game,” Murray mentioned.
“I do not need to overanalyse. Today [there are] undoubtedly some issues I can do higher, however on the similar time, I’ve accomplished numerous good issues during the last couple of weeks as properly. I need to hold entering into that path,” he added.
Murray will rejoice the tenth anniversary of his first Wimbledon win this 12 months. Murray, who has needed to cope with persistent hip harm considerations, has not gone previous the Third-round since he reached the quarter-final in 2017. Murray received the Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016.
