Andy Murray will find same big beasts in charge on return to jungle | Kevin Mitchell

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The Scot has been out for a year but Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic remain the players to beat

The tennis jungle Andy Murray is preparing to re-enter – possibly next week at Queen’s Club – will not be noticeably different to the one from which he hobbled away a year ago.

Roger Federer will be easing back into shape at Halle, having again chosen to skip the clay to save his 36-year-old legs for the grass of the All England Club he finds so suited to his game. Novak Djokovic – despite an uncharacteristically short-tempered exit from Roland Garros, mumbling about uncertainty over his future – will be desperate to get his career back on track where he has won three of his 12 majors. And Rafael Nadal will arrive on the grass – perhaps at Queen’s Club – celebrated as the finest clay-courter of all but with reduced prospects at Wimbledon, where he has not got out of the fourth round since he lost against Djokovic in the 2011 final.

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Written by Kevin Mitchell
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2018/jun/11/andy-murray-same-big-beasts-return-jungle under the title “Andy Murray will find same big beasts in charge on return to jungle | Kevin Mitchell”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.