Fighting Fit

Andy Murray beat Igor Kunitsyn 62 63 today in his first match since the Australian Open. That, you might think, is good. Well, not when it was apparently the most agonising slog of all time and a lot of it looked like this:

Oh, goody.

Well, that’s what you get for not going to the gym for a month, Andy. Oh, he says he went to football matches and so forth, but we all know that’s just code for sobbing into his Hibs shirt. Inside the wardrobe, so nobody will hear.

Anyway, Nole looked mildly more impressive over Garcia-Lopez. In all senses.

And Baggy, despite suffering from food poisoning, came through 76(3) 64 over Gilles Simon. Another first-round loss for Gilles, but apparently he’s moving a lot better. So that’s something.

Men’s Singles – First Round
[2] N Djokovic (SRB) d G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 64 64
[3] A Murray (GBR) d [Q] I Kunitsyn (RUS) 62 63
M Baghdatis (CYP) d [8] G Simon (FRA) 76(3) 64
J Melzer (AUT) d S Bolelli (ITA) 61 75
V Troicki (SRB) d [WC] R Schuettler (GER) 63 64
[Q] S Koubek (AUT) d F Lopez (ESP) 76(4) 64
I Ljubicic (CRO) d [LL] J Hernych (CZE) 62 67(3) 64

Men’s Doubles – First Round
[2] L Dlouhy (CZE) / L Paes (IND) d M Fyrstenberg (POL) / M Matkowski (POL) 76(7) 63
[3] M Bhupathi (IND) / M Mirnyi (BLR) d [WC] M Al Baloushi (UAE) / A Magdas (KUW) 75 60

Tomorrow’s OOP:

CENTRE COURT start 2:00 pm
A Clement (FRA) vs [6] M Cilic (CRO)
F Serra (FRA) vs [4] N Davydenko (RUS)
Not Before 7:00 PM
[5] [WC] J Tsonga (FRA) vs M Llodra (FRA)
L Lacko (SVK) vs [7] M Youzhny (RUS)

COURT 1 start 2:00 pm
M Chiudinelli (SUI) vs [Q] S Devvarman (IND)
A Seppi (ITA) vs J Tipsarevic (SRB)
Not Before 4:00 PM
S Aspelin (SWE) / P Hanley (AUS) vs N Djokovic (SRB) / D Vemic (SRB)
F Serra (FRA) / G Simon (FRA) vs J Tipsarevic (SRB) / V Troicki (SRB) – After Suitable Rest

COURT 3 start 2:00 pm
M Berrer (GER) vs S Stakhovsky (UKR)
[WC] M Ghareeb (KUW) vs [Q] B Phau (GER)
Not Before 5:00 PM
T Robredo (ESP) vs J Benneteau (FRA)
C Kas (GER) / D Norman (BEL) vs I Ljubicic (CRO) / J Melzer (AUT)