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Friday 21 June 2019
Murray makes winning return in doubles at Queen's Club

LONDON (AP) — That famil- ray and Lopez clicking like plause of the crowd.
iar fist pump. That indomi- a veteran doubles partner- Earlier in the singles, de-
table spirit. It was as if Andy ship even though they had fending champion Marin
Murray had never been never played together, Cilic, former winner Grigor
away. and had barely trained to- Dimitrov and 2018 Wimble-
The three-time Grand Slam gether. don finalist Kevin Anderson
champion enjoyed a win- The fact that Lopez had all lost. Cilic and Anderson
ning return to competitive been compelled to issue a were knocked out in the
tennis Thursday after five fierce denial of links to al- second round, while Dimi-
months away from the legations of match-fixing in trov didn't make it past the
sport, combining with Fe- Spain a day earlier was not first round having waited
liciano Lopez to beat top- ideal preparation, either. four days to play his open-
seeded Juan Sebastian At the end of a first set that ing match. Diego Schwartz-
Cabal and Robert Farah in went with serve, a fero- man of Argentina beat the
the doubles at the Queen's Australia's Nick Kyrgios appeals to the umpire on court one dur- cious forehand from Mur- fifth-seeded Cilic 6-4, 6-4
ing his tennis match against Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena
Club. day four of the Fever-Tree Championship at the Queen's Club, ray clipped the net tape and Anderson, the second
Murray was taking the first London. on its way past Cabal and seed, was defeated 6-1,
steps of his tentative come- Associated Press clinched the tiebreaker. 4-6, 6-4 by Gilles Simon.
back from what he hopes That fist pump was on dis- Dimitrov followed Anderson
was career-saving hip sur- served well and, crucially, match went along. I'm re- play from Murray following on Court 1 and fell 6-4, 6-4
gery 143 days ago. It was stayed pain-free through- ally fortunate to be playing a succession of winners in to Felix Auger-Aliassime.
even longer ago that he out the 7-6 (5), 6-3 win in tennis again. the second set. Top-seeded Stefanos Tsit-
was breaking down in tears front of an excitable crowd "I felt quite relaxed in the Cabal and Farah are a slick sipas played two matches
at the Australian Open in on Center Court at the build-up, but we said as combination but couldn't in one day as the rain-hit
January, saying he was grass-court event. we were walking onto the handle what came at event tried to catch up,
planning to retire after "It was brilliant, I enjoyed court that we were start- them, with Murray volleying and he won both against
Wimbledon because of it a lot," the former top- ing to feel a bit nervous. But like a doubles specialist. Kyle Edmund and then
the severe pain he felt on a ranked Murray said. "I was you need those butterflies." Lopez stood back after Jeremy Chardy. He came
daily basis. a bit slow at the begin- Victory was wrapped up victory was secured to al- from behind to beat Char-
Yet Murray moved well, ning but got better as the in under 75 minutes, Mur- low Murray to take the ap- dy 4-6, 7-6 (0), 7-6 (4).q

Already assured a spot in The Americans had a more victory over Chile and fol-
the round of 16 before the staid performance against lowed with a 5-1 win over
game, the United States Chile on Sunday in Paris, Thailand, made seven line-
finished atop its group and winning 3-0 with more mut- up changes for the game
will head to Reims to face ed celebrations, including against its rival.
Spain on Monday. Sweden a golf clap from Carli Lloyd, Coach Peter Gerhardsson
will play Canada in Paris. who scored a pair of goals said he selected his start-
The meeting was the first in that game. ers with an eye toward the
tournament game be- Ellis made seven lineup next game.
tween the two teams since changes for the game "We know that we have a
the quarterfinals of the against Chile but for Swe- new match on Monday,
2016 Olympics. The Swedes den she went back to a which is a knockout match,
bunkered in on defense lineup similar to the one she and that's the one that's
and advanced on penal- used in the opener. Lloyd, the most important one,"
ties after a 1-1 draw, hand- who played every minute he said.
ing the United States its of the 2015 World Cup and The victory gave the top-
earliest-ever exit from the scored three goals in a 5-2 ranked United States a
Olympic tournament. For- victory over Japan in the potentially more challeng-
mer U.S. goalkeeper Hope title match, came in off the ing path to the final. If the
Solo called the Swedes bench to start the second team can get by Spain,
"cowards" for the defensive half. that could set up a quar-
stand, a comment that ef- She replaced Alex Morgan, terfinal clash against No. 4
fectively ended her career who was involved in a cou- France in front of its home
with the U.S. team. ple of collisions in the first fans in Paris, and then a
"We've been part of some half and at one point held possible meeting with No.
very big games against her right knee. 3 England in the semifinals.
them, and we haven't A hip contusion kept de- With a victory over Cana-
beaten them in a major fensive midfielder Julie Ertz da, Sweden could have a
tournament in a while. So it out of the game after she quarterfinal game against
United States' Megan Rapinoe, right, and Sweden's Nathalie feels good that we can go started in the first two and No. 2 Germany.
Bjorn battle for the ball during the Women's World Cup Group F
soccer match between Sweden and the United States at Stade into this tournament and scored her first World Cup The U.S. was on the attack
Oc ane, in Le Havre, France, Thursday, June 20, 2019. we can play well against goal against Chile. from the start and went
Associated Press a quality side and get a re- "Alex took a knock in the ahead early when Horan
sult," defender Becky Sau- first half and it was just, 'Let's scored on a corner kick
Continued from Page 17 Lindsey Horan scored with- erbrunn said. be smart about this.' Similar from Megan Rapinoe that
"Every game we come out in the first three minutes, The United States pounced vein to Julie. It is a zero risk bounced twice past two
with that mentality: We the fastest goal of this tour- on Thailand in its opener, game in terms of having defenders and deflected
want three points, we want nament. The United States winning 13-0 and drawing players available for the off Samantha Mewis just
to score goals, we want went up 2-0 on an own criticism for celebrating next round," Ellis said. 2:40 into the game. It was
shutouts. That's something goal off Jonna Andersson every goal even when the Ninth-ranked Sweden, Horan's second goal in
we take pride in." in the 50th minute. game was well in hand. which opened with a 2-0 France.q