{"id":192561,"date":"2022-06-08T00:23:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T18:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=192561"},"modified":"2022-06-08T00:23:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T18:53:51","slug":"andy-murray-beats-oconnell-in-stuttgart-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2022\/06\/08\/andy-murray-beats-oconnell-in-stuttgart-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Murray beats O\u2019Connell in Stuttgart opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nSTUTTGART, 7 Jun: Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray defeated Australian qualifier Christopher O\u2019Connell 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Stuttgart Open on Tuesday.<br \/>\nThe 35-year-old Murray dropped the first three games of the match but recovered to break O\u2019Connell four times and celebrate his tournament debut with a 95-minute win.<br \/>\nMurray missed much of the clay-court season to focus on his preparations for grass. He reached the semifinals of the Surbiton Trophy last week, when he was beaten by Denis Kudla.<br \/>\nHe may face Kudla again in Stuttgart if the American gets past seventh-seeded Alexander Bublik in their first-round match later.<br \/>\nAlso, Swiss qualifier Dominic Stricker surprised American player Maxime Cressy 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2). The 19-year-old Stricker next faces top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas.<br \/>\nMarton Fucsovics came back to beat Austrian qualifier Jurij Rodionov 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 for a second-round meeting with third-seeded Hubert Hurkacz.<br \/>\nArthur Rinderknech defeated compatriot Ugo Humbert 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 and will next face another French player, Benjamin Bonzi. Bonzi defeated Spain\u2019s Feliciano Lopez 6-4, 6-1 on Monday. (AP)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STUTTGART, 7 Jun: Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray defeated Australian qualifier Christopher O\u2019Connell 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Stuttgart Open on Tuesday. The 35-year-old Murray dropped the first three games of the match but recovered to break O\u2019Connell four times and celebrate his tournament debut with a 95-minute win. Murray missed much [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-192561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}