The 30-year-old is also recovering from an illness and Kuznetsov, who has previously lost to Murray twice in as many meetings, is hopeful he can make it third time lucky. "If you maybe see the results he showed on clay, maybe it's not his best as he showed last year," Russian world number 73 Kuznetsov told British media. Also in the first rounds of the big tournaments, maybe they need some time to find rhythm and so on." If it goes to a five-setter, there will be a few more chances for him to win because of the physical conditions," Kuznetsov said. "For me it's a good experience to play against a world number one.

Source: The Star May 30, 2017 06:00 UTC