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Queen’s LIVE: Tennis scores as Carlos Alcaraz and Andy Murray in action on day two

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Queen’s LIVE: Tennis scores as Carlos Alcaraz and Andy Murray in action on day two

Carlos Alcaraz practice together at The Queen’s Club (Zac Goodwin/PA Wire)

Andy Murray begins what it is likely his final appearance at Queen’s Club today when he takes on Australia’s Alexei Popyrin in the first round.

Murray, 37, is expected to bring his tennis career to an end this year after struggling to maintain his high standards in recent months, but the Scot is still bidding to win a record-extending seventh Queen’s title this week, after clinching five singles crowns and one in the doubles.

Murray was disappointed to exit the Stuttgart Open at the first hurdle last week, where fellow Briton Jack Draper collected the trophy. Draper is in action against Argentina’s Mariano Navone, while the reigning men’s singles champion at Queen’s, Carlos Alcaraz, also begins his campaign as he takes on another Argentine, Francisco Cerundolo.

Follow all the tennis scores and latest updates from Queen’s Club below.

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Order of play – Centre Court

Here is the running order on the main showcourt today, and it’s a doozy. Australia’s Alex de Minaur is currently a set up against Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti. Carlos Alcaraz will follow, before Murray and then Draper at the end of the day.

Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 1-6, 2-2 Alex de Minaur (AUS)

Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) vs Francisco Cerundolo (ARG)

Andy Murray (GBR) vs Alexei Popyrin (AUS)

Mariano Navone (ARG) vs Jack Draper (GBR)

Lawrence Ostlere18 June 2024 13:10

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Murray set for Queen’s swansong – with Draper ready to take British mantle

To get you in the mood this afternoon, here’s our man on the ground, Kieran Jackson, with his preview of this tournament.

This Thursday, a new documentary about Andy Murray is released on BBC iPlayer. It isn’t the first, but it may well be the last.

Five years on from Andy Murray: Resurfacing, which charted his near-miraculous return from hip surgery, Andy Murray: Will to Win encompasses the 20-year professional journey of Britain’s greatest tennis player in the open era with behind-the-scenes archival footage, starting out with his breathless fitness regime as a junior in Barcelona and concluding with some of his greatest memories at Wimbledon, not least his two championships in 2013 and 2016. It puts into pictures a remarkable journey of unmatchable highs and devastating lows. A journey, however, which seems to be in its final weeks now.

Murray confirmed in press duties ahead of this week’s cinch Championships at Queen’s Club in west London that he is set to retire either after Wimbledon next month or the Paris Olympics in August. Asked if he would make the US Open or Davis Cup at the end of the tennis summer, he said: “I don’t think so.”

Lawrence Ostlere18 June 2024 13:03

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Queen’s Club – live scores

Welcome along to live coverage from The Queen’s Club as Andy Murray, Jack Draper and Carlos Alcaraz all begin their campaigns in Kensington today.

Lawrence Ostlere18 June 2024 12:24

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