Top seed Andy Murray continued his Wimbledon preparations by reaching the quarter-finals of the Nottingham Open with victory over France’s Hugo Grenier.
The 36-year-old Scot wrapped up his seventh straight win on grass and says he is in the perfect bodily situation since his hip operation.
Murray received his first event on this nation since his 2016 Wimbledon title when he triumphed at Surbiton final week and has continued his good type within the East Midlands, beating Frenchman Hugo Grenier 6-3 7-5.
Granted it isn’t as excessive a stage as Queen’s might be or the latter phases of Wimbledon, however it’s constructing confidence and health and all of these issues.
Murray’s profession was derailed by a hip resurfacing operation in 2018, the place a metallic insert changed his bone, and he has battled health points since.
But his motion on the Nottingham grass is wanting as good as ever and he is feeling in fine condition, regardless of the long term of matches.
“In terms of physically how I have been, the last six to nine months have been really good and that has been the best I have felt since my surgery, that is really positive,” he stated.
“I get a number of matches in. I at all times really feel actually comfy on the grass courts, so the subsequent few weeks might be a superb take a look at for me.
“It is really hard to say if I’m playing my best level overall, I don’t know, because I mean absolutely no disrespect to the players I am playing against, I am aware they are very good players, but when you’re playing against guys who are in the top 10 in the world they are able to expose certain things in your game a little bit more as well.”
Murray might be hoping to remain in Nottingham for the remainder of the week earlier than returning to his blissful looking floor at Queen’s subsequent week.
The Scot hopes that is all good preparation for the All England Club subsequent month, the place the two-time champion may very well be seeded once more.
“It has been great to get lots of matches, you don’t know how this will impact in two or three weeks’ time, but I am doing my best to give myself the best preparation I can for Wimbledon,” he stated.
“Hopefully I can perform well in the next few days and heading into Queen’s I will have definitely had a lot of matches.
“Granted it isn’t as excessive a stage as Queen’s might be or the latter phases of Wimbledon, however it’s constructing confidence and health and all of these issues.”
Murray goes in pursuit of his third Challenger title in two months, including to Aix-en-Provence and Surbiton final week.
However, it was to not be for Britain’s Ryan Peniston who misplaced out to Dominic Stricker 6-4 6-2 to deliver an finish to his marketing campaign in Nottingham and miss out on a conflict with Murray within the final eight.
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