"It is great to be back at The Hurlingham Club. It's a great setting and an ideal opportunity to get grass court practice ahead of Wimbledon"
Friday 23 June 2017 17:10, UK
Andy Murray will warm up for his Wimbledon title defence with two exhibition matches at Hurlingham next week.
The world No 1 has added the Aspall Tennis Classic event into his schedule following his early exit at Queen's Club, where he suffered a shock loss to No 90 Jordan Thompson on Tuesday.
The exhibition will feature a high calibre list of players including last year's Wimbledon runner-up Milos Raonic, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Tomas Berdych.
The exact schedule of Murray's matches has not yet been confirmed but he is likely to play on Tuesday and Friday.
Murray, the three-time Grand Slam champion, said: "It is great to be back at The Hurlingham Club. It's a great setting and an ideal opportunity to get grass court practice ahead of Wimbledon."
Murray last played at the event in 2014 after he lost in the last 16, to Radek Stepanek, at Queen's.
As the men's singles defending champion, the 30-year-old will play the opening match of the Championships on Wimbledon's Centre Court on Monday July 3.
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