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Wednesday 20 June 2018

ASTRONOMICAL!

Andy Murray of Britain
celebrates winning a point
after he plays a return to
Nick Kyrgios of Australia
during their singles tennis
match at the Queen's Club
tennis tournament in London,
Tuesday, June 19, 2018.
Associated Press
Murray back

from injury,

loses to

Kyrgios

LONDON (AP) — Andy Mur-
ray won the first set on his
return from injury after al-
most a year away from
competitive tennis before
Australian Nick Kyrgios ral-
lied to win 2-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5
in the first round at Queen's
Club on Tuesday.
Despite the defeat, Mur-
ray — who last played 342
days ago at Wimbledon
2017 — will take encour-
agement from his long-
awaited return. Former top-
ranked Murray still had a
visible limp and sometimes
looked to struggle with
side-to-side movement af-
ter hip surgery in January,
but he had lost none of his
competitive spirit.
Kyrgios, who also looked
to be struggling with injury, Astros score twice in 9th
beat Murray for the first
time in six attempts after 2
hours, 39 minutes. Earlier, to extend win streak to 12
Novak Djokovic’s first ap-
pearance at the Wimble-
don warmup tournament
in eight years was success-
ful when he put away Aus- Houston Astros' Alex Bregman, left, celebrates with Brian McCann (16) after hitting a game-winning double to score two runs against
tralian qualifier John Mill- the Tampa Bay Rays during the ninth inning of a baseball game Monday, June 18, 2018, in Houston. The Astros won 5-4.
man 6-2, 6-1. Associated Press
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