Murray suffers early exit in Stuttgart Open

Andy Murray made a disappointing start to his Wimbledon warm-up campaign on Tuesday, losing 6-3, 6-4 to Marcos Giron in the Stuttgart Open first round.

The former world No 1, a Stuttgart finalist two years ago, had spent time in Britain training on grass after his first-round Roland Garros defeat to Stan Wawrinka last month.

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But that preparation did not pay off at the Weissenhof Club, whose courts are curated under guidance from All England Club experts.

Murray will hope to revive his grass game at Queen’s Club, London, his final tune-up before what is almost certain to be the last Wimbledon of his career.