Andy Murray beats Hugo Grenier to reach Nottingham Open quarter-finals with seventh win in a row
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Updated 15/06/2023 at 22:50 GMT+1
Andy Murray made it seven grass wins in a row as he advanced to the quarter-finals of the Rothesay Nottingham Open with victory over world No. 126 Hugo Grenier. The former world No. 1 broke once in each set to book his place in the quarters, where he will face eighth seed Dominic Stricker, who beat Brit Ryan Peniston 6-4 6-2. Murray is preparing for a shot at Wimbledon next month.
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Andy Murray continued his fine grass form as he beat Hugo Grenier to reach the quarter-finals of the Rothesay Nottingham Open.
The former world No. 1 broke once in each set as he secured a 6-3 7-5 win – his seventh victory in a row.
Murray will next face eighth seed Dominic Stricker, who beat Brit Ryan Peniston 6-4 6-2.
“I feel like I moved well," said Murray.
"The matches haven’t been too long, the final in Surbiton was quite a quick one and then the first round here as well, so I’m recovering well.
“It’s been a lot of matches for me, and I’m an old boy now so it takes me a little bit longer to recover but I’m feeling good.
"I love competing obviously. At times I get frustrated but for me that’s always been part of competing. I want to do my best and when I’m not doing that I obviously get frustrated with myself, but it was a really nice atmosphere today and hopefully that will keep progressing as we go along.”
After winning in Surbiton last week, Murray will have his sights on another trophy as he continues his Wimbledon preparations.
Murray is hoping to be seeded at the Grand Slam, which would require him to move up 12 ranking spots.
He was strong on serve against world No. 126 Grenier, winning 81% of his first-serve points and not offering up any break-point chances.
He also converted both chances he had to break Grenier.
Murray said earlier this week that he is still “loving” playing tennis even though he has been doing so at the second-tier ATP Challenger Tour level recently.
“I got a message from my wife on Sunday evening when I was driving here [to Nottingham] and she said, ‘I just was watching Novak [Djokovic] on the news and that he won in Paris. I’m so proud that you’re still grinding out in Challengers and still working as hard as you’ve ever [done],’” said Murray.
“That means a lot to me.”
“Whether I win another Grand Slam or winning Challengers is the peak for me now, I’m okay with that because I’m doing what I love to do.”
Murray was one of only three active players with 600 wins, but that group is now four after Richard Gasquet reached the milestone by beating top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in Stuttgart.
Murray has 725 wins, behind Novak Djokovic on 1058 and Rafael Nadal on 1068.
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