Andy Murray eased his way into the grass season with a comfortable 6-2, 6-1 win over Austrian Jurij Rodionov at the Surbiton Trophy ATP Challenger Tour event on Monday.
The former World No. 1 broke the Rodionov serve four times to complete a 58-minute victory over the World No. 125. Murray opted to miss most of this year’s European clay-court season to focus on his preparations for the grass. In the one tournament he did play, the Mutua Madrid Open in early May, he defeated Dominic Thiem and Denis Shapovalov before withdrawing from a third-round clash with Novak Djokovic due to illness.
Watch Full Match Replay Of Murray's R1 WinThe quickfire win over Rodionov was Murray’s first appearance at the Surbiton event since 2004, when the Brit retired from his first-round match against Jimmy Wang as a No. 544-ranked 17-year-old. Murray’s win was the only completed main draw match on Monday in Surbiton due to rain.
A two-time champion on the grass at Wimbledon, Murray is the top seed in a strong field and he next faces World No. 118 Radu Albot or a qualifier. Adrian Mannarino and Soonwoo Kwon are the second and third seeds, respectively. The draw also includes former Wimbledon semi-finalist Sam Querrey and #NextGenATP contenders Brandon Nakashima and Jack Draper.
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