Tennis star Andy Murray faces horror Wimbledon draw following first round exit at Queen’s club
Andy Murray will not be seeded at this year's Wimbledon and is now danger of a nightmare draw at SW19.
The Scotsman endured a crushing defeat at the Queen's Club Championships as he lost 6-3, 6-1 against world no.18 Alex de Minaur.
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Murray went into Queen's having won ten consecutive matches - his best form since 2017.
He scooped two ATP Challenger Tour titles in a row after triumphing in Surbiton and Nottingham.
It meant the former world No.1 had climbed into the top 40, but ended up crashing out at Queen's in the first round.
The 36-year-old needed to reach at least the quarter-finals to get the protection of a seeding.
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His defeat to De Minaur means he has now suffered six straight ATP defeats stretching back to March.
Being unseeded means he could now play the likes of Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz or Daniil Medvedev in the first round.
Murray has never not got beyond the third round in his two singles appearances at Wimbledon since having two hip surgeries.
Asked if he can beat most of the seeded players this year, he said: “Yeah, I think so.
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"Obviously grass, there are less players that are probably comfortable on the surface than the clay and the hard courts.
"Some of the seeded players are maybe not that comfortable on the grass, so there's some draws that are better than others.
"There are also guys that are not seeded but love the grass courts and it's their favourite surface.
"So, yeah, let’s see what happens now.”
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