"Overall it was good for me" - Murray recaps Surbiton challenger week

Murray had not won at home since triumphing at the ATP Finals six years ago and the wait will go on after losing 5-7 7-6 (5) 6-3 to American Denis Kudla.

Still, it was a good week of practice on the grass for Murray, who will now head to Germany to play in the Stuttgart Open next week before returning to London to play at Queen's ahead of another SW19 campaign. Despite his defeat, Murray was not too concerned about how he played against the world number 83 in challenging conditions and was overall satisfied:

“It’s tough to read too much into how I played. I competed pretty well for the first couple of sets, third set not as well as I would have liked. It was brutal conditions for both of us today, there was not loads of amazing tennis. We were using different skills out there and trying to find ways to put the ball in difficult positions for the opponent. Denis did a better job of that today."

He continued:

“I played some good matches this week. Today I’m not concerned about how I played. You can’t expect to play your best tennis when it’s like that. Overall it was good for me to get four matches, I would’ve liked to have won the tournament, but that wasn’t to be.”

Speaking on his goal, Murray said:

“I just want to keep improving week on week and match on match. That’s all you can do really. You can’t control the results, you can’t predict how the results are going to go but hopefully I can make improvements each round."