Three time Grand Slam winner and two time Olympic Gold Medalist Andy Murray will appear at the Nottingham Open tennis tournament this summer.
The former world number one and double Wimbledon champ will play at the Nottingham Tennis Centre as he prepares for the grass court season ahead of his ambition to return to SW19 and the Championships which start on 28th June.
The Scot has played just three tour matches this year and has suffered a number of injuries in recent times, now aged 34 and ranked 123rd in the world, Murray is looking to rebuild his fitness ahead of a summer where he’ll hope to feature not just in Nottingham, but at the Queens Club before a possible last hoorah at Wimbledon.
Murray will be joined by the likes of Venus Williams and Johanna Konta who have confirmed that they’ll be taking part in the women’s event in Nottingham, as well as Brit Liam Broady and former Wimbledon finalist Kevin Anderson in the men’s competition, the tournament starts on 5th June running until 13th June with tickets still available to purchase here.
The tournament itself, founded 51 years ago in 1970 is now an ATP tour challenger event for men and a WTA International Tournament for women with previous winners including Billy Jean King, Ashleigh Barty, Richard Gasquet, Jonas Bjorkman and Greg Rusedski.
*Main image @the_LTA Andy Murray will be at Nottingham from June 5th.
