Murray wins Nottingham Open for back-to-back titles

Andy Murray has present won 3 Challenger titles this year

Andy Murray won the Nottingham Open for back-to-back grass-court titles to support a cleanable Wimbledon build-up.

He volition instrumentality to the world's apical 40 connected Monday and volition question much wins astatine Queen's to amass capable ranking points to beryllium 1 of 32 seeds astatine Wimbledon.

Katie Boulter faces chap Briton Jodie Burrage successful the women's last connected Sunday.

There is besides a accidental of British occurrence astatine the lawsuit successful the women's doubles, with Heather Watson and Harriet Dart taking connected Norway's Ulrikke Eikeri and Estonia's Ingrid Neel. That comes aft Jacob Fearnley and Johannus Monday won the all-British men's doubles last against Liam Broady and Jonny O'Mara connected Saturday.

Before past week it had been 7 years since Murray had won a singles rubric connected grass, but the Scot present has 2 successful 7 days.

And helium has achieved this 1 without dropping a set.

The erstwhile satellite fig 1 got disconnected to a accelerated commencement against Cazaux successful a last that had been brought guardant due to the fact that of atrocious upwind forecast for aboriginal successful the day, going a treble interruption up against the 20-year-old satellite fig 181.

The apical effect was breached to emotion by the qualifier portion serving for the archetypal set, though past served it retired to emotion astatine the 2nd clip of asking, sealing it with an ace aft a bid of winners that wrongfooted his opponent.

The Frenchman made it much of a contention successful the 2nd acceptable but Murray made the cardinal breakthrough astatine 4-4 erstwhile Cazaux netted doubly successful succession to manus the Briton a interruption that near him serving for the match.

A stunning backhand down the enactment enactment him 2 points from triumph earlier Cazaux netted a work instrumentality and Murray wrapped up triumph connected his archetypal lucifer constituent erstwhile the Frenchman deed long.

Murray is enjoying bully signifier astatine conscionable the close time, with Wimbledon - wherever helium is simply a two-time champion - opening connected 3 July.

But these Nottingham and Surbiton titles person travel astatine Challenger events - the 2nd tier of men's tennis - and helium volition look a notable measurement up successful the prime of the tract astatine his adjacent lawsuit astatine Queen's, which starts connected Monday.

There helium volition beryllium unseeded and has been handed a tricky first-round gully against Australian seventh effect and satellite fig 18 Alex de Minaur.

But helium tin instrumentality a batch of assurance into the London lawsuit with a winning streak of 10 matches connected grass, with conscionable 1 acceptable dropped, and looking physically acceptable connected the tribunal - the value of which, 4 years aft hep country astir ended his career, cannot beryllium overstated.

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