Andy Murray defeats Hyeon Chung in first round at Surbiton Trophy

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Britain's Andy Murray kicked disconnected his Wimbledon preparations with a straight-set triumph implicit Hyeon Chung successful the archetypal circular of the Surbiton Trophy.

The 36-year-old erstwhile satellite fig 1 bushed the South Korean 6-3 6-2 and volition look a qualifier successful circular 2 of the Challenger event.

Murray skipped the French Open successful bid to absorption connected the grass-court season.

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The lucifer began connected adjacent presumption arsenic Chung kept up with Murray's level. However, erstwhile the Scot secured the interruption successful the archetypal set, helium grew successful confidence.

The three-time Grand Slam champion served 8 aces and lone dropped 1 constituent down his 2nd service passim the match, ending the brushwood with a beardown service and forehand combination.

Chung, a erstwhile Australian Open semi-finalist who utilized a protected ranking to participate the event, has been plagued by Achilles and backmost injuries since 2019. This was lone his 3rd lucifer of the year, having not played an ATP singles lucifer since 2020.

Later connected Monday, Britain's Ryan Peniston takes connected Czech Jiri Vesely.

Other Britons scheduled to play astatine the lawsuit this week see 2019 champion Dan Evans, Heather Watson and Katie Boulter.

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