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Andy Murray has 'perfect draw' for Wimbledon run after victory over Ryan Peniston says Mats Wilander

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Mats Wilander thinks Andy Murray has the “perfect draw” to make a deep run at Wimbledon after starting with victory over Ryan Peniston.

Murray, 36, won 12 of the last 13 games to secure a convincing win over his fellow Brit. Ad The two-time champion said afterwards that it’s “been a long time since I've felt physically this good coming into Wimbledon”.

WimbledonMurray outclasses Peniston to start Wimbledon campaign in styleAN HOUR AGO And Eurosport expert Wilander was impressed with what he saw from Murray on Centre Court, where he was watched by the Princess of Wales and Roger Federer. “This is as good as I have seen Murray play for a few years, the way he is moving and his attitude," said Wilander. «He was calm, maybe because he was playing against a British player...It’s so much easier for him to do it on a grass court because he can keep the ball low and that slice works and he reads the game so well. “You look at his draw and you start dreaming a bit that he can go very far.” Murray will next face either Dominic Thiem or Stefanos Tsitsipas, who had their first-round match suspended on Tuesday due to rain.

They will continue on Wednesday with Thiem having taken the first set. Murray could then potentially face 32nd seed Ben Shelton in the third round.

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