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Jodie Burrage kickstarted her LTA Rothesay Open Nottingham campaign with a thrilling victory on a busy day of action for British players. Burrage, who is supported by the LTA's Pro Scholarship Programme, battled her way to a 7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(4) victory over Tereza Martincova — in a match that took just over three hours.
Andy Murray set his sights on the second week of Wimbledon after sweeping aside Joris De Loore to reach the second round of the Nottingham Open with a sixth straight win on grass. The 36-year-old won 6-3 6-4 to progress in 87 minutes and he will face compatriot Jan Choinski or Hugo Grenier next. Ad The three-time Grand Slam winner is currently ranked No.
Goodbye clay, hello grass. The dust has barely settled on the French Open – where Novak Djokovic won a record 23rd Grand Slam title – and already play is under way on grass in the lead up to Wimbledon. Ad The low-bouncing and quicker-playing grass brings with it plenty of new challenges – and plenty of new faces looking to make their mark on a surface that some enjoy more than others.
On the face of it there was nothing extraordinary about Canadian Milos Raonic's 50th tour level win on grass in the opening round of this week's s'-Hertogenbosch tournament - a 6-3 6-4 defeat of Miomir Kecmanovic.
Andy Murray joked that he hopes Novak Djokovic will “take his eye off the ball” ahead of Wimbledon following his French Open win. Murray and Djokovic both lifted silverware on Sunday – Murray winning his first grass title in seven years in Surbiton and Djokovic claiming a record 23rd Grand Slam by winning the French Open for a third time. Ad Djokovic is now one ahead of Rafael Nadal in the all-time Grand Slam standings, and three clear of Roger Federer.
Andy Murray won the Surbiton Trophy after a rain-delayed finish on Sunday evening, beating Austrian Jurij Rodionov in straight sets, 6-3 6-2. Having gone four years without winning a trophy, Murray was looking to make it two in two months following his win at the Aix-en-Provence ATP Challenger on clay. Ad Rodionov, 12 years Murray’s junior at 24, made a strong start, leading Murray 30-40 as the Scot served to begin the match.
Nick Kyrgios said he is "super-excited" to return to tennis following knee surgery as he begins his build-up to Wimbledon where last year he made a stunning run to the final. The fiery Australian takes the eighth seeding at the Stuttgart grass court tournament having not played an ATP match since early October in Tokyo before managing a well-paid Saudi Arabian exhibition appearance in December. The 28-year-old was forced to withdraw prior to his opening match at January's Australian Open before the procedure on his knee and has been home in Canberra ever since.
Katie Swan put on one of the performances of the tournament to beat Lily Yuriko Miyazaki in the Battle of the Brits and seal her place in the LTA's Lexus Surbiton Trophy final. The British No.5 will start next week as British No.1 if she defeats 2009 US Open semi-finalist Yanina Wickmayer in tomorrow's final. Ad Bristol player Swan stormed to an emphatic 6-1 6-0 victory over friend-turned-rival Miyazaki after three British women reached the semi-finals of the tournament for the first time ever yesterday.