Andy Murray sets sights on Wimbledon seeding after openinh Nottingham win

Andy Murray still has his sights set on being seeded at Wimbledon as he continued his strong start to the grass court season at the LTA's Rothesay Open Nottingham. The top seed in Nottingham, Murray, 36, defeated unheralded Belgian Joris De Loore 6-3 6-4 in his Nottingham opener to make it six wins on a row on grass courts, following his triumph at the LTA's Lexus Surbiton Trophy last week — his first title on the surface since winning Wimbledon in 2016.

Ad The two-time Wimbledon champion club currently sits 44th in the ATP Rankings, potentially 12 spots off being seeded at the All England Club barring withdrawals from anyone ranked higher than him. TennisBurrage leads British success on day two in NottinghamAN HOUR AGO Victory at the ATP Challenger event would in all likelihood push him inside the top 40, with an appearance at the Queen's Club — where he holds a record five titles — his last chance to secure enough ranking points to be inside the top 32 ahead of the Wimbledon draw being made.

«That's my goal here, I want to go as deep as possible and try and get close to being a seed at Wimbledon,» said Murray. «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. «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. »I think these courts play a bit more similar to how Wimbledon plays like in the second