Andy Murray crushes Alexander Bublik in first round to allay injury fears
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Updated 04/07/2017 at 08:29 GMT
Andy Murray allayed any lingering injury fears to cruise into the second round of Wimbledon with a convincing win over Alexander Bublik.
Andy Murray of Great Britain celebrates during the Gentlemen's Singles first round match against Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan on day one of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 3, 2017 in London
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The world No 1 kept his concentration despite two rain delays to emerge 6-1 6-4 6-2.
There had been fears last week that the Briton may not be able to defend his title after he withdrew from two exhibition matches at The Hurlingham Club with a hip problem.
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Great Britain's Andy Murray celebrates during his first round match against Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik
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But he showed no ill effects and dispatched his inexperienced Kazakh opponent to set up a clash with Germany's Dustin Brown.
"With the adrenaline, it helps numb some pain that you might have and I moved well today," Murray told the BBC.
"I thought I did pretty well for the first match.
"I'll spend some time with my physio this evening, get an ice bath, then have a light practice tomorrow.
"I'll work a bit on my passing shots and lobs because it will be a different match against Dustin Brown.”
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