Murray Wins In Doubles, Tsitsipas Takes Two, Cilic Out

Playing his first match since January hip surgery, Andy Murray was victorious today in Queen’s teaming with Feliciano Lopez to beat the top seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 7-6(5), 6-3.

“I expected to enjoy the match because I told myself I was going to regardless of what happened,” said Murray. “To feel as well as I did there — not perfect in terms of everything like my movement, but pain-free…I enjoyed it. I feel like I’m going to continue to progress.”

Murray added that he will also play doubles at Wimbledon but with Pierre-Hugues Herbert.

“He had said to my coach that he wasn’t going to be playing doubles at Wimbledon,” said Murray. “A couple of weeks ago, [he] got in touch, said maybe [he] would like to play. I’m asssuming he spoke with his team and thought it might be a nice thing to do.”

In singles action, Diego Schwartzman shocked 2-time champion Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-4.

On a busy Thursday as the event played catch-up, several players had to play two matches.

Top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas finished off Kyle Edmund then needed three sets to turn away Jeremy Chardy.

37-year-old Nicolas Mahut upset Stan Wawrinka 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(2).

Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Grigor Dimitrov then knocked out Nick Kyrgios in three sets.

Tomorrow, FAA meets Tsitsipas, Lopez takes on Milos Raonic and Murray returns in doubles.