London, June 28: British tennis star Andy Murray recovered from dropping the first set to beat Australia’s James Duckworth to sail into the second round at Wimbledon.
Playing for the first time after suffering an abdominal injury in the final of the Stuttgart Open earlier this month, rallied past Duckworth 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 here at Centre Court on Monday.
He will next play 20th seed American John Isner, against whom he owns an 8-0 ATP head-2-head record.
“It was amazing to be back out here again with a full crowd,” Murray said in his on-court interview. “Amazing atmosphere. Obviously I’m getting on a bit now, so I don’t know how many more opportunities I will get to play on this court, so I want to make the most of every time I get to come out here now. Glad I managed to get through it and hopefully get another match on here in a couple of days.”
Murray had staked everything on this part of the year. He dodged most of the clay court swing in order to focus on the grass; he teamed up with Ivan Lendl again to try to recapture some of his former glories and, until he pulled an abdominal muscle in the Stuttgart final three weeks ago.
