Andy Murray targets 'second week of Wimbledon' after grass-court form continues in Nottingham opener

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.

44 in the world and is therefore outside of the top 32 seeds for the Wimbledon draw. Tennis10 burning questions for the grass-court season10 HOURS AGO However, he will have the chance to gain ranking points ahead of the Grand Slam tournament by competing at Nottingham and Queen’s. «I want to go as deep as possible here to try to get close to a seed for Wimbledon,» Murray said.

«That's my goal, so hopefully I can get a bit closer. The courts here are more similar to how Wimbledon plays in the second week so hopefully I can get to the second week of that.” Struggling Kyrgios suffers early exit to Wu on return from injury in Stuttgart Murray hoping Djokovic 'takes eye off ball' before Wimbledon Murray beats Rodionov to win Surbiton Trophy, his second title in two months Murray struck 11 aces, won 75% of his points on serve and saved both break points he faced in a polished performance. »It was tricky, very blustery conditions.

I'm serving well and that helped me out,” he added. «The main thing is to get as many matches played in different conditions against different types of opponents. He was a really big server but I made it through.» The former world No.

1 chose to bow out of the French Open in order to focus on his preparation for the grass-court season, which will culminate in his bid to make a strong run at Wimbledon, where he was won two titles. The world No. 44