'More important things than tennis' - Murray on Nottingham attacks

Andy Murray is playing successful the Nottingham Open arsenic helium continues his preparations for Wimbledon

Andy Murray says determination are "more important things than tennis" aft 3 radical were killed and different 3 injured successful attacks successful Nottingham.

Murray said helium did not cognize if play would beryllium suspended astatine the Nottingham Open, but it went up with the Briton winning his first-round match.

"It was evidently shocking erstwhile I woke up this morning," said Murray, 36.

"When I was going down to meal a fewer messages connected our squad chat came up.

"We are staying successful the metropolis centre and had been retired for meal past nighttime and walking astir those areas. You ne'er expect thing similar that to happen."

The three-time Grand Slam champion added: "Really shocking and evidently heartbreaking for the victims and the radical involved.

"We were talking astir it this morning, saying that we didn't cognize if the tourney was going to beryllium suspended for the time due to the fact that determination are mode much important things than a tennis event."

A man, 31, was Tasered by constabulary earlier being arrested connected suspicion of murder, aft the attacks began astatine 04:00 BST connected Tuesday.

Murray, who won the Surbiton Trophy connected Sunday and is gathering up to Wimbledon, earned a comfortable 6-3 6-4 triumph implicit Belgium's Joris de Loore.