Andy Murray has shown confidence in his fitness at Wimbledon, following his win in the first round.

Former world No. 1 Andy Murray has been fighting an uphill battle in recent years in order to keep playing on the ATP Tour. The two-time Wimbledon champion underwent hip surgery in 2018, and was on the brink of never coming back to the sport.

However, the now 36-year-old was able to come back, despite his chances of another Grand Slam win now being much lower.

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Victory in the first round

Nevertheless, Murray appears to be feeling as close to his old self as he has since his post-surgery return. In the first round of this year's SW19, the Brit defeated his fellow countryman Ryan Peniston in straight sets.

Speaking in the press conference after the match, Murray said that he "didn't start the match how [he] would have liked", highlighting in particular the "different conditions" playing under the roof on center court. Despite this, Murray recounted how the match ultimately went very much in his favour,

"as the match went on, unforced errors, I cut them out. I was pretty ruthless at the beginning of the second and third sets.

"There was no sort of dip in intensity or anything. I got ahead early in those sets, did well. So, yeah, I was pleased with everything, apart from the beginning."

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Confident in his own fitness

Murray went on to laud his physical fitness at Wimbledon this year. When aksed about his form, he claimed,

"I'm playing well enough to beat most of the players, I think, in the draw if I play well. Physically, I feel good. Yeah, physically I feel absolutely fine right now.

"You don't plan and prepare for the matches that I had earlier this year in Australia or when I played Stefanos [Tsitsipas] at the US Open, or whatever. I hope my matches don't go on that long. If they do, I've prepared well enough to be able to deal with them.

"You see how you recover physically from them. But I'm not concerned about either of those things. It's not something that I worry about each day whilst I'm here or in the build-up."

Murray will face other fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas or Dominic Thiem in the second round.

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