Murray's Last Singles at Wimbledon: A Day of Highs and Lows

On the second day of Wimbledon, Andy Murray, a two-time champion, withdrew from the singles competition due to a back injury, marking his final singles appearance at the tournament. Despite the cloudy skies and 15°C temperature, matches commenced as scheduled, with highlights including victories from Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff.


Reuters | London | Updated: 02-07-2024 15:48 IST | Created: 02-07-2024 15:48 IST
Murray's Last Singles at Wimbledon: A Day of Highs and Lows
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Highlights of the second day at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Tuesday (times GMT): 0936 MURRAY PULLS OUT

Twice Wimbledon champion Andy Murray pulled out of the singles competition due to a back injury in what will be his final appearance at the tournament. He will play in the doubles with his brother Jamie. 1010 PLAY UNDERWAY

Play began under cloudy skies with the temperature hovering around 15 degrees Celsius (59°F). Jessica Pegula started her first-round match against fellow American Ashlyn Krueger on Court Two.

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ORDER OF PLAY DAY 2 CENTRE COURT (1230 GMT):

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Spain) v 6-Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic) Vit Kopriva (Czech Republic) v 2-Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

David Goffin (Belgium) v Tomas Machac (Czech Republic) COURT ONE (1200 GMT)

4-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) v Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania) Roberto Carballes Baena (Spain) v 4-Alexander Zverev (Germany)

1-Iga Swiatek (Poland) v Sofia Kenin(U.S.) COURT TWO (1000 GMT)

Ashlyn Krueger (U.S.) v 5-Jessica Pegula (U.S.) 6-Andrey Rublev (Russia) v Francisco Comesana (Argentina)

28-Jack Draper (Britain) v Elias Ymer (Sweden) 10-Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) v Moyuka Uchijima (Japan)

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