Madrid (AFP)
Britain's Andy Murray, winner of three Grand Slam tournaments, has won his first singles since returning from injury at the end of June, when a young Frenchman raised only $ 150 in career earnings on Monday in a high school tournament. Majorca.
Eliminated singles entry in Cincinnati and Winston Chelem, 32-year-old Murray, a former World No. 1 dropped to 328th place, had resumed the doubles event in late June, after undergoing a hip operation in September. January. In particular, he won the Queen's grass tournament, paired with Spain's Feliciano Lopez.
On Monday, at the Majorcan challenger, Murray, who has already earned $ 61 million in his career, has sent Imran Sibille, 17, who has just turned professional, 6-0, 6-1.
In Cincinnati, the two-time Olympic champion had been dropped by Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-4, while he had held on to Winston-Salem a week ago, fighting for 2 hours. 10 minutes before giving in to American Tennys Sandgren 7-6 (10/8), 7-5.
Andy Murray, who dropped out of the doubles event at the US Open, will face Slovakia's Norbert Gombos, 115th player, on Tuesday.
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