Andy Murray says Newport quarter-final defeat to Alexander Bublik 'disappointing' but will 'continue to keep playing'
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Published 16/07/2022 at 14:33 GMT
Former tennis No. 1 Andy Murray has enjoyed much improved fitness in 2022 but he has not won an ATP tournament so far this year. The world No. 52's campaign on grass ended at the quarter-finals in Newport when he lost to world No. 42 Alexander Bublik, but he stated that as long as he feels he is getting better he will continue to play.
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Andy Murray is hoping for "results to be a bit better" after the disappointment of losing to Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik in the quarter-finals of the Infosys Hall of Fame.
It was Murray’s final appearance for the grass-court season, and the 35-year-old veteran lost after two tightly-contested sets.
“Obviously I just want the results to be a bit better," the Scot said.
"I felt like I had a good chance of [advancing] here.
If I got through Bublik, it would have been a good opportunity potentially in the semi-finals. But… to have my body feeling pretty good and getting lots of matches in is important for me.”
He continued: “The grass-court season as a whole there were some good moments, but also some tough ones.
"Today’s match and the loss at Wimbledon were disappointing and frustrating for me, but then I also had my best wins in a while in Stuttgart.
"So a bit up and down, but a little bit of progress overall and I’ll try and keep that going through the hard-court summer."
Murray has risen up the ATP rankings this year after playing 13 tournaments so far this season, giving the former world No. 1 reasons for optimism after struggling with form and fitness for so long after hip surgery.
“[I want] to continue to improve,” Murray stated. “If I keep seeing progress I’ll continue to keep playing.
“It was disappointing. [The] first set came down to a couple of points and then I had a few opportunities in the second. But I thought he played a pretty solid match.
“Generally he can be a little bit up and down, but there was really only one moment in the second set [when] he was a bit inconsistent. But for most of the match, he was solid.”
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