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Andy Murray refuses to rule out playing Wimbledon despite defeat

Former world no. 1 Andy Murray will play at the event alongside brother Jamie and countryman Dan Evans. Matthew Stockman/Getty Images

Andy Murray revealed he is still in the running to play at Wimbledon following his first round defeat at the Fever-Tree Championships.

The three-time Grand Slam champion played his first competitive game since SW19 last year, but despite a spirited 6-2, 4-7 (4), 5-7 defeat to Australia's Nick Kyrgios at London's Queen's Club.

Murray has battled with injury over the past year and also went under hip surgery in January, but is looking to return to full fitness with more competitive tennis action.

"I won't rule anything out just now," Murray said. "I won't rule out playing Eastbourne and not playing Wimbledon.

"I wouldn't rule out not playing a tournament next week and trying to get matches like in an exhibition tournament, as well, to get ready for Wimbledon.

"I'm not sure yet. I'm really happy that I got on the match court today. You know, it was a close decision.

"I have not been practising loads at all. I have been hitting for a couple of weeks and the beginning was only like 30 minutes or so.

"I really haven't played a whole lot of tennis, so I'm happy I got out there and competed and performed respectably.

"I'll kind of need to wait and see what happens the next few days and chat with my team about that, because I don't know exactly what's best for me just now."

The two-time Wimbledon champion did not appear to be in any discomfort during his three hour match against Kyrgios, but did admit he felt "stiff" after the game.

"I'm a bit stiff just now," Murray added. "I've got kind of normal stuff that you would get after maybe playing on a grass court for the first time in a while.

"At the most, longest I have practised in the last year has been an hour and a half. So I was on the court for significantly longer than that in a more intense environment.

"So I'm feeling decent, considering that. But hopefully I'm not too sore in the hip after a match like today, and I also physically will have gained a lot from it as well."