WATCH: Andy Murray limps off the court after reaching Newport quarterfinals

| by Alfredo Bassanelli

Andy Murray is proving once again that he's a very solid grass-court player as he's already set to play quarterfinals at the 2022 Newport Open.

The 2022 Newport Open is the only grass-court tournament after the third Grand Slam of the season and after losing already in the second round of Wimbledon, Andy Murray signed up for the event for the first time in 16 years.

But so far he's been showing why he lifted the Wimbledon trophy twice as he first defeated Sam Querrey 6-2, 6-0 and then Max Purcell, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1. The experienced Scot should play against Alexander Bublik in the quarterfinals but it's not clear if he will be fit for the match.

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After fighting against Purcell for two hours and 23 minutes, the former world number 1 limped off the court and it seems that he might not be 100% fit once again.

There will be no easy matches for Murray in Newport anymore as he will play the third-seeded Alexander Bublik and then potentially no. 1, Felix Auger-Aliassime and no. 2, John Isner. Now, Murray will have one day off and so he will have enough time to asses if he's ready to compete.

"He has a very different game style to a lot of the players on Tour nowadays. He was using a lot of slice off of both sides, which is very rare. It took some time to get used to that way of playing."

"Then once I started to find my rhythm a little bit in the middle of the second set I was able to dictate points and push him around the court a little bit more, whereas in the first set I certainly wasn't doing that."

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