"Murray Christmas": Andy Murray will serve at the Stuttgart Weissenhof in 2022
"Murray Christmas" - an early Christmas present for tennis fans! Top star Andy Murray will hit the Weissenhof in Stuttgart in 2022
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last edit: Dec 06, 2021, 12:07 pm
The organizers of the MercedesCup can come up with an early “present” just under three weeks before Christmas! Andy Murray from Scotland will be a three-time Grand Slam champion and two-time Olympic champion (2012, 2016) at the ATP turf highlight from June 4 to 12 at the Weissenhof in Stuttgart next year.
The qualities of the 34-year-old right-hander on a green background are undisputed! In 2012 Murray won the gold medal at the Olympic tournament held in Wimbledon, he also triumphed in 2013 and 2016 at the Grand Slam tournament on Church Road and carried himself no less than five times at the ATP lawn event at the Queen's Club in London (2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016) in the list of winners.
Murray optimistic: "More confidence in my game"
The winner of 46 ATP tournaments is fighting his way back step by step after two hip operations in 2018 and 2019 and showed strongly increasing form towards the end of the past season, as proven by victories against two top ten players. In Vienna Murray defeated the Pole Hubert Hurkacz in the opening round, in Stockholm he gave up the Italian shooting star Jannik Sinner in the round of 16. “I've played a lot of tournaments recently. My body feels great and I am building more confidence in my game with every match. I'll hit the balls the way I want them again, ”said the Scot at the end of the season with a satisfied conclusion.
“I'm always looking forward to the lawn season, so I'll start my preparations for it a little earlier than usual next year. I will be playing on grass in Stuttgart for the first time and I am really looking forward to this new experience, "said Murray looking forward to his start in Stuttgart full of anticipation.
For Grand Slam winners, the Stuttgart green has repeatedly been good ground in the past. After all, with Rafael Nadal (2015), Dominic Thiem (2016), Roger Federer (2018) and Marin Cilic (2021), four top stars won the grass tournament at the Weissenhof, who also have Grand Slam titles in their vita to have. "Andy Murray, along with Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, is one of the 'Big Four' who have decisively shaped tennis over the past decade and a half. We are pleased that we will be able to present this exceptional talent to the Stuttgart audience for the first time in the coming year ”, emphasizes tournament director Edwin Weindorfer.