Tennis: Andy Murray serves up a winning start
ANDY Murray made a winning start to the year in Australia today.
• Andy Murray signs autographs following his Hopman Cup singles win against Andrey Golubev. Picture: Getty
The Dunblane-born world number four made light work his opening appearance for Great Britain in the Hopman Cup, defeating Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev 6-2 6-2 in 61 minutes.
It was an impressive return to the court for Murray as he begins his preparations for the Australian Open which begins in Melbourne on January 18.
The 22-year-old lost just one point on his service in the opening set and barely needed to raise a sweat as Golubev meekly surrender the match with a double fault.
The Scot then joined Laura Robson in the mixed doubles, where they overcame the Kazakh pair of Golubev and Yaroslava Shvedova 6-2 5-7 7-6 (12-10).
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