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    Andy Murray wins Battle of the Brits opener against Liam Broady

    Moses YarboroughBy Moses YarboroughJune 23, 2020No Comments4 Mins Read
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    Andy Murray, umpire Alison Hughes and Liam Broady take a knee before the match
    Before each Battle of the Brits match, the players and umpire took a knee in support of racial equality

    Andy Murray began his latest comeback from injury with victory over Liam Broady in the Battle of the Brits exhibition held behind closed doors.

    Before his first match in seven months, the 33-year-old Scot played down his chances in Roehampton as he continues to recover from a bruised pelvic bone.

    But the three-time Grand Slam champion was relatively sharp and mobile after such a long absence to win 6-2 6-2.

    “I moved OK but I find it quite tricky here, the courts are tight,” he said.

    “It was all right for the first match in seven months. I served pretty well, but I didn’t hit the ball that well.”

    The former world number one, now ranked 129th, was playing for the first time since winning Great Britain’s opening match at the Davis Cup finals in November.

    He missed the rest of the tournament with the pelvic injury, which he described in February as “unbelievably complex, challenging and difficult”.

    Murray said these matches at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton would be where he “found out” where the injury was at and he passed his opening test with a comfortable win over world number 211 Broady.

    After breaking to love in the first game, Murray was pegged back at 2-2 before reasserting his control in a dominant opening set.

    Working out his fitness level was Murray’s primary concern, although he was not completely happy with his game – saying he was not hitting the ball as cleanly as he would like – even when he led by a set and a break.

    There were glimpses of his best, however, including a sublime flicked backhand from the baseline on his way to finally taking a 5-2 lead in a 13-minute game where he needed seven break points.

    Murray sealed victory with a hold to love in the next game, finishing with an ace and roaring ‘Come on!’ as he clenched his first in celebration.

    No fans, players collecting their own balls & in-match interviews

    The six-day charity event, organised by Jamie Murray, is following strict safety measures at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton.

    As well as no fans, there are no ball kids or line judges in order to minimise numbers on court for social distancing purposes, meaning players had to retrieve their own balls and fetch their own towels.

    The umpire is assisted by Hawk-Eye cameras instead of line judges, while the players did not change ends.

    Neal Skupski, Jamie Murray, Liam Broady and Cam Norrie tap racquets after their Battle of the Brits match
    The players followed social distancing measures throughout the match, including replacing the traditional post-match handshakes with racquet taps
    Only the players, umpire James Keothavong, the coaches and camera operators were allowed on court
    Only the players, umpire James Keothavong, the coaches and camera operators were allowed on court
    Kyle Edmund wears a headset to talk to television commentators
    Another innovative feature saw the players – as illustrated by Kyle Edmund – putting on headphones and microphones at changeovers, providing in-match thoughts to the television commentators

    Shock defeat for Murray & Skupski, wins for Evans & Edmund

    The tournament, featuring singles and doubles, gives top British men’s players competition practice before the planned restart of the professional tour in August and will also raise £100,000 for NHS Charities Together.

    The eight singles players have been split into two groups, with the semi-finals and final to be played at the end of the week.

    In the doubles, two groups of three play each other in a round-robin and the top two from each group will advance to the semi-finals.

    In the opening match of the tournament, Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski suffered a shock defeat by Liam Broady and Cameron Norrie.

    Regular doubles pairing Murray and Skupski, who reached the US Open semi-finalists last year, took the first set against the singles players after securing an early break.

    Broady, 26, and Norrie, 24, missed chances of their own before recovering to win the second set and hold on to a fast start in the match tie-break to win 3-6 7-5 11-9.

    Dan Evans and Kyle Edmund – Britain’s highest-ranked men’s players – both started with straight-set wins over James Ward and Jay Clarke.

    Teenager Jack Draper, who was the runner-up in the 2018 Wimbledon juniors, pulled out of the tournament with an abdominal injury.

    The 18-year-old has been replaced by 24-year-old Ryan Peniston in the singles and by Ward in the doubles.

    Results:

    Jamie Murray/Neal Skupski 6-3 5-7 9-11 Liam Broady/Cameron Norrie

    Kyle Edmund 6-4 6-1 James Ward

    Dan Evans 6-3 6-1 Jay Clarke

    Andy Murray 6-2 6-2 Liam Broady

    James Ward/Kyle Edmund v Ryan Peniston/Dom Inglot

    Wednesday’s order of play (from 13:00 BST)

    Liam Broady v James Ward

    Joe Salisbury/Jonny O’Mara v Jay Clarke/Dom Inglot

    Cameron Norrie v Jack Draper

    Kyle Edmund v Andy Murray

    Liam Broady/Cameron Norrie v Dan Evans/Lloyd Glasspool

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