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The Independent UK
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Jonny Bray

Andy Murray hopes record breaker Novak Djokovic ‘takes eye off ball’ before Wimbledon

PA Wire

Andy Murray hopes he can capitalise on newly-crowned French Open champion Novak Djokovic ‘taking his off the ball’ ahead of Wimbledon after kicking off his grass court season with a first title on home soil for seven years.

The former world No 1, 36, waltzed to a comfortable straight sets victory over Austrian Jurij Rodionov in the final of the LTA’s Lexus Surbiton Trophy on Sunday as Djokovic toppled Casper Ruud on the other side of the English Channel to clinch a record-breaking 23rd Grand Slam title.

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