adminLondon — Andy Murray has made the perfect start to his bold venture with new coach Amelie Mauresmo yesterday as the Wimbledon champion opened his Queen’s Club title defence with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Paul-Henri Mathieu.Murray sent shockwaves through the tennis world when he announced on Sunday that French woman Mauresmo would replace Ivan Lendl, who quit in March, as his coach for at least the grass-court season.
The 27-year-old’s decision to ignore several high-profile male coaches to hire Mauresmo, a former world number one and Wimbledon champion, has been the talk of the sport for the last three days.
In the circumstances, a routine second round victory at this Wimbledon warm-up was exactly the kind of first date the pair needed as Murray, bidding to win Queens for a record-equalling fourth time, proved far too strong for world number 92 Mathieu. — Sport24
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