Murray upbeat after winning start in Brisbane
Former world number one Andy Murray was upbeat after making a winning start to 2019 with a straight sets victory over Australian James Duckworth in the Brisbane International on Tuesday.
The 31-year-old Scot missed 11 months of last year with a hip injury and has slumped to a world ranking of 240.
He had not played competitively since pulling out of the China Open in September, and started slowly against Duckworth before overcoming the Australian 6-4, 6-3 in a touch under 90 minutes.
Murray, who didn´t appear hampered with his movement, said he could feel his touch returning as the match progressed.
It wasn´t particularly good tennis at the beginning, but I think one of the positive things for me was kind of instinctively I came up with some shots where I was kind of reading the game quite well, which is positive for a first match, he said.
Murray said that while he was still playing in some pain, his hip wasn´t an issue.
I didn´t feel particularly apprehensive... about my hip as such today, just because I´ve trained on it more and been here playing practice sets with guys, and
"When I was playing in June, July last year, my hip was pretty sore.
"I hadn´t really practised much. I hadn´t played matches for a long time, and psychologically it was difficult.
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