Andy Murray continues strong start to grass court season with 6-3 7-5 win over Hugo Grenier… as Brit books his place in the Nottingham Open quarter-finals
- Andy Murray has ensured his place in the next round of the Nottingham Open
- The Scot won 6-3, 7-5 in 104 minutes against world No. 127 Hugo Grenier
- Murray later insisted that he’s ‘recovering well’ ahead of Wimbledon
Andy Murray’s immaculate start to the grass court season continued as a seventh straight win took him into Nottingham’s quarter-finals in front of the watching Ivan Lendl.
The Scot, 36, completed a clean sweep of British winners on Centre Court yesterday after victories for Katie Boulter, Harriet Dart and Jodie Burrage, all of whom also reached the last eight.
Murray, who secured his first grass title in seven years in Surbiton last week, is striving to be one of Wimbledon’s 32 seeds this summer. He still has work to do with his current world ranking of 44 but with the help of Lendl, his on-off mentor who guided him to SW19 glory in 2013 and 2016, he is certainly heading in the right direction.
Facing Hugo Grenier, the Frenchman ranked 127th in the world, Murray was ruthless. Continuing to look the picture of health, he won 6-3, 7-5 in 104 minutes and said: ‘I feel like I moved well. I’m recovering well.
‘I’m an old boy now so it takes me longer to recover but I’m feeling good. I love competing.’
Andy Murray booked his place in the Nottingham Open quarter-finals after a win on Thursday
The Scot insisted that he’s ‘feeling good’ ahead of his potential Wimbledon involvement in July
In the women’s singles, Boulter beat Ukrainian Daria Snigur 7-5, 6-3 in the week that she rose to the top of the British women’s rankings for the first time, replacing the injured Emma Raducanu.
Boulter, ranked 126th in the world, will face compatriot Dart in the quarter-finals after her fine 6-0, 7-5 win over world No 25 Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine.
Burrage also claimed a notable scalp, winning 7-5, 6-3 against world No 21 Magda Linette and now faces another Pole, Magdalena Frech, in the quarter-finals.