Murray deserves French Open wild card — tournament director
Guy Forget pushes for former world No 1 to secure a spot at Roland Garros
13 May 2021 - 15:47
Bengaluru — Andy Murray has entered the qualifying rounds for the French Open later in May but tournament director Guy Forget said the former world No 1 “deserves” a wild-card spot for the clay-court Grand Slam.
Three-time Grand Slam champion Murray has fallen to 123rd in the world rankings after long injury layoffs because of repeated hip surgery but Forget said the Scot, a Roland Garros finalist in 2016, could probably beat “half of the people in the main draw”...
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