Hockey picks Excellent start of the year for Andy Murray

Former World No. 1 Andy Murray started the new year with a win. The Scotsman beat Australian James Mackworth 6:3, 6:4 in a match from the first round of the Brisbane tournament.

The host`s representative made a break in the sixth game on the first set, but immediately returned it. The two-time Wimbledon champion, however, won the next game and shortly after the first round. Duckworth, which is the 234th in the world, was a good match for most of the second set, with even four chances for a breakthrough in the second game. Murray managed and finished the match in less than 90 minutes. For Andy, it was the first victory since September, after a thigh injury restricted his last season to six tournaments. Murray is a two-time champion in Brisbane, where there is no loss, and today he recorded the 10th consecutive win. `I think I did well and I think we were both a little nervous, we made some mistakes from the bottom of the court, ` said Murray after his su ccess.


`I did some blows in which I was reading the game according contacts with hockey picks well, which was positive, some things came to me instinctively, and last year was not exactly like this, I was nervous before the game, but that`s good for me, ` he added. The Scot explained that he felt a thigh pain, but she did not interfere with the game:`Today there were times when I did not feel comfortable but not to such an extent as to limit my strikes or movement through- Most of the game. `