After 11 months on the sidelines, Andy Murray will make his return to ATP World Tour action against Nick Kyrgios in the first round of the Fever-Tree Championships next week.
Murray, who underwent hip surgery in January, will be competing for the first time since his quarter-final loss to Sam Querrey at Wimbledon last year. The five-time champion owns a 5-0 FedEx ATP Head2Head record against the Australian, winning 14 of their 15 sets.
Murray, now No. 157 in the ATP Rankings, will be making his 11th consecutive appearance at The Queen's Club in London, where he owns a 30-6 record. The 31-year-old could meet countryman Kyle Edmund in the second round, with David Goffin, defending champion Feliciano Lopez and Milos Raonic all potential third-round opponents in the second quarter of the draw. Lopez beat four Top 15 opponents at the event a year ago en route to capturing the biggest title of his career.
Marin Cilic, the top seed and 2012 champion, will meet Spain's Fernando Verdasco in the first round, with #NextGenATP Canadian Denis Shapovalov or 2017 Wimbledon quarter-finalist Gilles Muller waiting in the second round. Also in the top section, Stan Wawrinka and 2010 titlist Sam Querrey will face British wild cards Cameron Norrie and Jay Clarke, respectively. Wawrinka, who reached the semi-finals in 2014, will aim to snap a three-match losing streak at the event.
Headlining the bottom half of the draw is 2014 champion Grigor Dimitrov. The Bulgarian will face Bosnia and Herzegovina's Damir Dzumhur, with wild card Novak Djokovic looming as a possible second-round opponent. Djokovic, who reached the final in 2008 (l. to Nadal), is making his first appearance at the event since 2010.
The former World No. 1 has shown signs of a return to his best form in the past month, reaching the Internazionali BNL d'Italia semi-finals before a run to the quarter-finals at Roland Garros. Tomas Berdych, seeded to meet Dimitrov in the quarter-finals, opens his campaign against a qualifier.
The third quarter of the draw is led by third seed Kevin Anderson and sixth-seeded Jack Sock, with Americans Jared Donaldson and Frances Tiafoe meeting in the first roundreadfullarticle
