Andy Murray is going to play a lot of grass tennis leading up to Wimbledon but that's by design as he aims to be a seed at Wimbledon.
Murray had a perfect start to his 2023 grass season putting together some impressive performances to win the Surbiton challenger on courts that are fairly close to his home. The Brit then accepted another wild card for another ATP Challenger event, the Nottingham Open, and he started off that Nottingham campaign with another straight-sets win.
The Brit is now 6-0 on grass this year with only one of those matches going to three sets. It's been enjoyable for him as he keeps pushing in hopes of making the cut for the top 32 players at Wimbledon which will be seeded.
That’s my goal here, I want to go as deep as possible and try and get close to being a seed at Wimbledon. That’s my ultimate goal for the next few weeks so hopefully I’ll get a few more matches this week.
I’ll have a nice day off, come in and try and get a bit more used to the conditions of the courts, rest up in the afternoon and get ready for a big push across the weekend.
His latest match was another straight-sets win and even though the score indicates that it was a simple affair it wasn't quite like that. The Brit admitted that the courts play quite a bit differently than Surbiton but he managed to find solutions.
It was tricky, it was very blustery conditions and these courts play really nicely, but they’re quite different to the ones in Surbiton. I felt like I struggled a bit with my timing early on but I served well throughout the match and that helped me out.
Up next is another tricky player in Hugo Grenier and Murray will be hoping to get through. He needs a good push in Nottingham and a good outing in Queen's to secure a seeded spot at Wimbledon. It would be worth it because of the easier draw.
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