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Murray to face Sonego in first round at Queen’s

Andy Murray to face Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego in the first round at Queen’s; British No 1 Cameron Norrie takes on Wimbledon semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov; Dan Evans faces defending champion Matteo Berrettini; tournament runs from June 13-19

By PA Media

Last Updated: 11/06/22 2:49pm

Andy Murray is a five-time winner at Queen’s

Andy Murray will play Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego in the first round of the Cinch Championship at Queen’s, which starts on Monday.

The British No 3 will be bidding for his fifth tournament win as he continues his preparations for next month’s Wimbledon.

British No 1 Cameron Norrie, the third seed, takes on Bulgaria’s former Wimbledon semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov and second-ranked Briton Dan Evans faces defending champion Matteo Berrettini.

Ryan Peniston, the British No 7, has been handed a tough opening-round draw as he plays top seed and French Open runner-up Casper Ruud.

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Andy Murray produced a vintage display against top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas to reach the semi-finals of the Stuttgart Open

Andy Murray produced a vintage display against top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas to reach the semi-finals of the Stuttgart Open

British No 5 Liam Broady faces Croatia’s seventh seed Marin Cilic in his first-round match.

Three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka will play American Frances Tiafoe and Canada’s sixth seed Denis Shapovalov faces another American, Tommy Paul.

The winner will pocket just over ?340,000 and the runner-up close to ?184,000 out of a total prize fund of ?1.84m.

First-round draw:

(1) C Ruud (Nor) vs R Peniston (Gbr)
F Cerundolo (Arg) vs P Martinez (Esp)
J Brooksby (USA) vs F Krajinovic (Srb)
Qualifier vs (5) D Schwartzman (Arg)
(4) T Fritz (USA) vs J Draper (Gbr)
Qualifier vs Qualifier
L Musetti (Ita) vs A Bublik (Kaz)
L Broady (Gbr) vs (7) M Cilic (Cro)
(8) R Opelka (USA) vs A de Minaur (Aus)
A Ramos-Vinolas (Esp) vs A Davidovich Fokina (Esp)
Qualifier vs B van de Zandschulp (Ned)
G Dimitrov (Bul) vs (3) C Norrie (Gbr)
(6) D Shapovalov (Can) vs T Paul (USA)
F Tiafoe (USA) vs S Wawrinka (Sui)
A Murray (Gbr) vs L Sonego (Ita)
D Evans (Gbr) vs (2) M Berrettini (Ita)

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