Andy Murray and Jack Draper might meet in second spherical at Stuttgart Open | Tennis Information

Andy Murray and Jack Draper might meet within the second spherical of the Stuttgart Open after discovering themselves in the identical aspect of the draw forward of subsequent week’s ATP 250 event. 

Murray resumes his return from harm towards Marcos Giron of the USA, whereas sixth-seed Draper takes on Austria’s Sebastian Ofner.

The winners of these two matches will then face off within the spherical of 16, the place Alexander Zverev, Frances Tiafoe, Alexander Bublik and Ben Shelton already await because the 4 prime seeds.

Murray continues his comeback path with Wimbledon in sight having just lately returned to motion after being out with broken ankle ligaments suffered on the Miami Open in late March.

The previous world No 1 elected towards surgical procedure earlier than making his return at a Challenger occasion in Bordeaux adopted by an look on the Geneva Open.

Murray additionally competed on the French Open the place he suffered a first-round defeat to Stan Warwinka in what would possibly function his last outing at Roland Garros.

The 37-year-old has hinted closely in direction of retirement past this summer season, earlier than which may very well be last alternatives at each Wimbledon and the Olympics.

British No 2 Jack Draper arrives on the again of his first-round loss to Dutch qualifier Jesper de Jong on the French Open in what represented his longest-ever match, spanning 4 hours and 6 minutes.

Full Stuttgart Open Spherical of 32 males’s draw:

• Alexander Zverev (1) vs BYE
• Christopher Eubanks vs Brandon Nakashima
• Arthur Rinderknech vs Alex Michelsen
• Flavio Cobolli vs Jan-Lennard Struff (7)
• Frances Tiafoe (4) vs BYE
• Henri Squire (WC) vs Yannick Hanfmann
• Marcos Giron vs Andy Murray
• Sebastian Ofner vs Jack Draper (6)
• Lorenzo Musetti vs QUALIFIER
• Dominik Koepfer vs Zhizhen Zhang
• Hamad Medjedovic (WC) vs Fabian Marozsan
• BYE vs Alexander Bublik (3)
• Roman Safiullin (8) vs Matteo Berrettini (PR)
• QUALIFIER vs Denis Shapovalov (WC)
• QUALIFIER VS QUALIFIER
• BYE vs Ben Shelton (2)

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• Stuttgart Open (ATP 250 with Andy Murray in motion) – June 10-16
• Rosmalen Open (ATP/WTA 250) – June 10-16

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