Andy Murray marked his return to motion for the primary time since March with victory in Bordeaux on his thirty seventh birthday.
Murray has been sidelined since tearing ankle ligaments in a third-round loss to Tomasz Mojak on the Miami Open earlier this spring, however confirmed no rust towards world No. 219 Kyrian Jaquet on the ATP Challenger in France.
The three-time Grand Slam champion gained 7-5 2-0 after his French opponent needed to withdraw attributable to harm simply over an hour into the first-round clay-court match.
Murray was checked within the opening set and solely earned a break within the eleventh sport earlier than holding on along with his third ace 51 minutes later to open the match.
He broke Jacquet within the first sport of the second set, however then needed to fend off two break factors earlier than extending his lead, after which Jacquet retired.
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Sky Sports activities Tennis explains why Murray determined to alter rackets at such a late stage in his profession
Murray, who will face fellow Frenchman Grégoire Barrere within the final 16, took a brand new racquet for his match with Jacquet, enjoying with a Yonex relatively than the Head he has used all through his profession.
Murray is about to seem on the French Open later this month, in all probability for the final time, after saying he doesn’t anticipate to increase his profession “for a very long time this summer time”.
He final performed at Roland Garros in 2020, dropping within the first spherical to Stanislav Wawrinka, the identical participant he had overwhelmed in his earlier match on clay in Might 2023.
Murray’s fellow Briton Dan Evans, seeded fifth within the competitors, superior to the second spherical after beating Hugo Grenier 6-4 6-4 and can play Harold Mayo.
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