Andy Murray and Jack Draper may meet in second spherical at Stuttgart Open | Tennis Information

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Andy Murray and Jack Draper may meet within the second spherical of the Stuttgart Open after discovering themselves in the identical aspect of the draw forward of subsequent week’s ATP 250 event. 

Murray resumes his return from harm in opposition to Marcos Giron of the US, whereas sixth-seed Draper takes on Austria’s Sebastian Ofner.

The winners of these two matches will then face off within the spherical of 16, the place Alexander Zverev, Frances Tiafoe, Alexander Bublik and Ben Shelton already await because the 4 prime seeds.

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Jack Draper slides throughout the courtroom to make this sensational shot in opposition to Hubert Hurkacz on the Madrid Open

Murray continues his comeback path with Wimbledon in sight having not too long ago returned to motion after being out with broken ankle ligaments suffered on the Miami Open in late March.

The previous world No 1 elected in opposition to surgical procedure earlier than making his return at a Challenger occasion in Bordeaux adopted by an look on the Geneva Open.

Murray additionally competed on the French Open the place he suffered a first-round defeat to Stan Warwinka in what may function his ultimate outing at Roland Garros.

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Sky Sports activities Tennis’ Jonathan Overend has the most recent information on Novak Djokovic’s harm and his probabilities of taking part in at Wimbledon

The 37-year-old has hinted closely in the direction of retirement past this summer season, earlier than which might be ultimate alternatives at each Wimbledon and the Olympics.

British No 2 Jack Draper arrives on the again of his first-round loss to Dutch qualifier Jesper de Jong on the French Open in what represented his longest-ever match, spanning 4 hours and 6 minutes.

Full Stuttgart Open Spherical of 32 males’s draw:

  • Alexander Zverev (1) vs BYE
  • Christopher Eubanks vs Brandon Nakashima
  • Arthur Rinderknech vs Alex Michelsen
  • Flavio Cobolli vs Jan-Lennard Struff (7)
  • Frances Tiafoe (4) vs BYE
  • Henri Squire (WC) vs Yannick Hanfmann
  • Marcos Giron vs Andy Murray
  • Sebastian Ofner vs Jack Draper (6)
  • Lorenzo Musetti vs QUALIFIER
  • Dominik Koepfer vs Zhizhen Zhang
  • Hamad Medjedovic (WC) vs Fabian Marozsan
  • BYE vs Alexander Bublik (3)
  • Roman Safiullin (8) vs Matteo Berrettini (PR)
  • QUALIFIER vs Denis Shapovalov (WC)
  • QUALIFIER VS QUALIFIER
  • BYE vs Ben Shelton (2)

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