Murray makes impressive start to Rotterdam campaign

Andy Murray made an impressive start to the World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam by defeating Alexander Bublik in straight sets on Wednesday.

Murray, who recently announced he will skip the clay-court season, sealed an impressive 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 victory against Bublik, who defeated world No 3 Alexander Zverev to win his maiden ATP Tour title in Montpellier on Sunday.

"There were some tough moments in the first set for both of us," Murray said after the match. "I just managed to come through at the end of it. Some great returns off some big second serves from him at the end and I did a good job.

"It's not easy playing against someone like that, huge serves, a lot of drop shots and you've got to keep your focus and I did that well tonight."

Bublik, the world No 31, served for the opening set at 6-5 but was broken by the Scot before going on to lose a tense tiebreak 8-6.

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